All the wisdom of Hindu Religion is enshrined in Vedas, which is further classified as 'Karmakaand' (rituals), 'Upaasanaa' ( worship) and 'Gyaan' (knowledge). The aim of Karma and Upaasana is to achieve Gyaan,, which culminates into knowing the 'Brahma' (Supreme God ) and 'Aatman' (one self).
This wisdom is further explained and elaborated in 9 Upanashidas, Brahma Sootra and Bhagwad Geeta.This Supreme wisdom is called 'Vedaant' and is totally different from the worship of numerous pagan Gods and the rituals associated with such worship and deals with the Eternal Truth common to all other prominent religions of the World.
Henceforth for some time, I will be posting some selected verses from the Upanishadas, which can also be termed as 'Subhashitas'
आत्मानं रथिनं विद्धि शरीरं रथमेव तु |
बुद्धिं तु सारथिं विद्धि मनः प्रग्रहमेव च.
Aatmaanam rathinam viddhi shariram rathmeva tu.
Buddhim to saarathim viddha manah pragrahmeva cha.
Aatmanam = thy self. Rathinam = a person riding a chariot. Viddhi = know. Shariram = the human body. Rathmeva = Ratham + iva. Ratham = a chariot. Iva = like a Tu = and.
Buddhi = intellectual faculty, intelligence. Saarathi = a charioteer, a coachman. Manh = mind.
Pragragmwva = pragrah +iva. Pragrah = reins to control a horse. cha = and.
i.e. Know thy self as a person riding a chariot and consider your body as the chariot , your level of intelligence as the charioteer (coachman) and your mind as the reins controlling the horses pulling the chariot.
(A string of similes dependent on each other is called a 'Rupak Alankaar'. In the next verse, which I will post tomorrow, the sensory organs have been compared to the set of horses pulling the chariot, along with other similes. The underlying idea is spread over four verses, which are co-related to each other.)
This wisdom is further explained and elaborated in 9 Upanashidas, Brahma Sootra and Bhagwad Geeta.This Supreme wisdom is called 'Vedaant' and is totally different from the worship of numerous pagan Gods and the rituals associated with such worship and deals with the Eternal Truth common to all other prominent religions of the World.
Henceforth for some time, I will be posting some selected verses from the Upanishadas, which can also be termed as 'Subhashitas'
आत्मानं रथिनं विद्धि शरीरं रथमेव तु |
बुद्धिं तु सारथिं विद्धि मनः प्रग्रहमेव च.
Aatmaanam rathinam viddhi shariram rathmeva tu.
Buddhim to saarathim viddha manah pragrahmeva cha.
Aatmanam = thy self. Rathinam = a person riding a chariot. Viddhi = know. Shariram = the human body. Rathmeva = Ratham + iva. Ratham = a chariot. Iva = like a Tu = and.
Buddhi = intellectual faculty, intelligence. Saarathi = a charioteer, a coachman. Manh = mind.
Pragragmwva = pragrah +iva. Pragrah = reins to control a horse. cha = and.
i.e. Know thy self as a person riding a chariot and consider your body as the chariot , your level of intelligence as the charioteer (coachman) and your mind as the reins controlling the horses pulling the chariot.
(A string of similes dependent on each other is called a 'Rupak Alankaar'. In the next verse, which I will post tomorrow, the sensory organs have been compared to the set of horses pulling the chariot, along with other similes. The underlying idea is spread over four verses, which are co-related to each other.)
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