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 SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA.

 Taiitriya Upanishad tells about the system of 3 + 1
The 3+1 are denoted by the term "vyAhruthi".

The 3 are Bhuh, Bhuvah and Svah

"Bhuh, Bhuvah, Suvah?these are, verily, the three utterances. Besides these
there is a fourth, called Mahwah"

This is again told in this way in Chandogya.

"Prajapati brooded on the worlds. From them, thus brooded upon, there was
revealed in his heart the threefold knowledge. He brooded on it and from it,
thus brooded upon, there issued forth these syllables: Bhuh, Bhuvah and
Svah."

These are the ones explained in the previous mail as physical, vital and
mental manifestations. (of fire, water and earth or food)

There is one more added to this, namely "Maha". This Maha is the Lord of the
3 into which the 3 merge..

>From Taittriya Upanishad,


(chapter 1) Bhuh, Bhuvah, Svah + Maha: (where Maha: is Brahman)

About the universe,
Bhuh > the earth
Bhvah> anthariksham
svah > swarga (heaven)

&
Maha: > the Sun. The Sun is the Lord.

 About tattwas,
Bhuh > agni
Bhvah > vaayu
svah > Adhithya

&
Maha: > Chandra

About Knowledge
Bhuh > rik veda
Bhvah > sama veda
svah > yajur veda

&
Maha: > Brahman

About life force
Bhuh > prana
Bhvah > apana
svah > vyana

&
Maha: > annam

These 4 in groups of 3+1 are known as Vyahruthi which reveal where all
created worlds finally merge (at Maha: at each level). This merger is
described in subsequent verses as one (from Bhuh level onwards), merging
into the next level.

For man, the three are speech, mind and prana. They merge in the Individual
Soul.

That is, Speech + Mind + Prana > Individual soul.

The details of this have been given to us by Bhagavad Ramanuja in his Sri
Bhashyam to Brahma sutra verse 4- 2 onwards. (translation available on net)

That is, when a man lives he is endowed with these three.

When he dies, he does not go alone. He takes all these three.

>From Brahma sutras we understand that his faculty of speech (along
with faculties
of all the other sense organs merged into it) represents the Fire of the
three-some. At the time of death this goes to merge with the next level,
called Mind.

The mind representing the water or vital level of functioning ( as made out
in Upanishads quoted in the previous mail) merges with Prana, the subtlest
of all. This, in our terminology, is the mental level. ( please read the
Sribhashyam along with this to understand how this is justified. The verses
are 4-2 ?3 & 4)

At the time of death, this Prana along with the other two merged into it,
joins or reaches its Lord, which is none other than the Jiva or the
individual soul. ( B.S. 4-2-4) (The pramana are found in Briadaranyaka and
Chandogya upanishads.)

The individual soul, depending on the status of its works (karma) may be
guided to Pithruyana or Devayana. Here again Brahma sutras give us a very
good insight into who reaches which place and what happens thereafter. But
for our discussion here, we will concentrate on issues around pithrus and
tapaNam.

What happens to the person just departed from the body.

The reply is that he is being held by Vayu.
(Brihadaranyaka) :- "Yajnavalkya said: "Vayu, O Gautama, is that Sutra. By
Vayu, as by a thread, O Gautama, are this world, the other world and all
beings held together. Therefore, O Gautama, they say of a person who dies
that his limbs have been loosened; for they are held together by Vayu as by
a thread." This is corroborated by what the sage Vyasa tells his son sage
Suka in MB ( shanti parvam). He says that there are 7 types of Vayu, 5 of
which vary from mild to wild and roam around the earth and the 6 th
and 7thare outside the earth. The
6th Vayu, 'Parivahan' has made the sun stay where it is and also has made
the moon stay in its present position. This Vayu is a very powerful one in
which Akash Ganga abides. The sun is in Pithru yana marga. Therefore this
Vayu is the conduit between the earth and pithru loka. The 7th Vayu,
"ParAvahan" is one that stretches till the end of Kalpa. All the 7 are the
sons of Aditi, as also others such as the Sun. Aditi denotes 'non-duality'
thereby indicating that all these have sprung at the beginning of creation
when variations sprang from non-dual one-ness. The departed soul held by the
Vayu (perhaps Parivahan) reaches pithru loka. The questions we get
here are, They
have left. What then is the connection to earth? They have departed, perhaps
might even be taking up rebirth soon, then why should one do tarpaNam ? Does
it reach them? Instead one can do some charity in their name. Also the
individual soul is untainted (Gita says this in many verses). In what way
this connection with relatives (son, in particular) continues after it has
left this plane? This wonderful body of knowledge which is nothing but the
science of Brahman and Its Creation has all answers. Its only that they are
encrypted and the keys to open them are in Upanishads. Lets us take up these
questions in the next mail. (To be continued) Regards,


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