HAMSA 1-UPANISHA of UKLA-YAJURVEA GAUAMA addressed Sanakumra thus: "O Lord, thou art the knower of all harmas

and art well versed n all !sras, "ra# tell me the means $# wh %h & ma# o$ta n a knowled'e of (rahmav #) Sanakumra re"l ed thus: "*ear, O Gauama, that ava as e+"ounded $# ,rva- after n.u r n' nto all harmas and as%erta n n' ! va/s o" n on) 0h s treat se on the nature of *amsa wh %h ' ves the fru t of $l ss and salvat on and wh %h s l ke a treasure to the #o' n, s 1a2 ver# m#st % 1 s% en%e 2 and should not $e revealed 1to the "u$l %2) "3ow we shall e+"la n the true nature of *amsa and ,aramahamsa for the $enef t of a $rahma%hr n 1a seeker after (rahman or %el $ate2, who has h s des res under %ontrol, s devoted to h s 'uru and alwa#s %ontem"lates 1as2 *amsa, and real ses thus: &t 1*amsa2 s "ermeat n' all $od es l ke f re 1or heat2 n all k nds of wood or o l n all k nds of ' n'ell# seeds) *av n' known 1&t2 thus, one does not meet w th death) "*av n' %ontra%ted the anus 1w th the heels "ressed a'a nst t2, hav n' ra sed the v#u 1$reath2 from 1M4la2 5 6dhra
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1%hakra2, hav n' made % r%u t thr %e round Svh shthna, hav n' 'one to Ma; "4raka, hav n' %rossed Anhata, hav n' %ontrolled ,r;a n < =uh and then hav n' rea%hed 6>?, one %ontem"lates n (rahmaranhra 1 n the head2, and hav n' med tated there alwa#s /& am of three mrs,/ %o'n ses 1h s Self2 and $e%omes formless) 0he ! sna 7 1"en s2 has two s des 1left and r 'ht from head to foot2) 0h s s that ,aramahamsa 1Su"reme *amsa or * 'her Self2 hav n' the res"lenden%e of %rores of suns and $# whom all th s world s "ervaded) "&t 1th s *amsa wh %h has $uh as veh %le 2 5 has e 'htfold v@ ) 1Ahen t s2 n the eastern 8 "etal, there s the n%l nat on 1 n a "erson2 to v rtuous a%t onsB n the southC eastern "etal, there ar se slee", laD ness, et%)B n the southern, there s the n%l nat on to %ruelt#B n the southCwestern, there s the n%l nat on to s nsB n the western, there s the n%l nat on to sensual s"ortB n the northCwestern, there ar se the des re of walk n', and othersB n the northern, there ar ses the des re of lustB n the northCeastern, there ar ses the des re of amass n' mone#B n the m ddle 1or the nters"a%es $etween the "etals2, there s the nd fferen%e to mater al "leasures) &n the f lament 1of the lotus2, there ar ses the wak n' stateB n the "er %ar", there ar ses the sva"na 1dream n' state2B n the $->a 1seed of "er %ar"2, there ar ses the sushu" 1dreamless slee" n' state2B when leav n' the lotus, there s the ur#a 1fourth state2) Ahen *amsa s a$sor$ed n 3a 1s" r tual sound2, the state $e#ond the fourth s rea%hed) 3a 1wh %h s at the end of sound and $e#ond
9"ara'ra"h %ont nues:

s"ee%h and m nd2 s l ke a "ure %r#stal e+tend n' from 1M4la2 6dhra to (rahmaranhra) &t s that wh %h s s"oken of as (rahma and ,aramm) "1*ere the "erforman%e of A>a" G#ar- s ' ven2) "3ow *amsa s the @sh B the metre s Av#ak G#ar-B ,aramahamsa s the eva 1or "res d n' de t#2 /*am/ s the $->aB /Sa/ s the =ak-B SoEham s the k-laka) F 0hus there are
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s +) 0here are 57, GHH *amsas 1or $reaths2 7 n a da# and n 'ht ) 1Salutat on 5 to2 Sur#a, Soma, 3 ra?>ana 1the sta nless2 and 3 r$hsa 1the un verseless2) A>a" manra) 1Ma#2 the $od less and su$tle one 'u de 8 1or llum nate m# understand n'2) <aushat to A'n C Soma) 0hen AI'an#sas and Jaran#sas o%%ur 1or should $e "erformed after the manras as the# are "erformed $efore the manras2 n the heart and other 1seats2) *av n' done so, one should %ontem"late u"on *amsa as the 6m n h s heart) A'n and Soma are ts w n's 1r 'ht and left s des2B Omkra s ts headB Ukra and $ nu are the three e#es Fand fa%e res"e%t vel#B Kura and Kur;- 1or Kura/s w fe2 are the feet kanthaa 1or the real sat on of the oneness of >-vm or *amsa, the lower self w th ,aramm or ,aramahamsa, the * 'her Self2 s done n two wa#s, 1sam"ra>?a L and asam"ra>?a2) "After that, Unman- G s the end of the A>a" 1manra2) *av n' thus refle%ted u"on manas $# means of th s 1*amsa2, one hears 3a after the utter n' of th s >a"a 1manra2 a %rore of t mes) &t 13a2 s 1$e'un to $e heard as2 of ten k nds) 0he f rst s %h n 1l ke the sound of that word2B the se%ond s %h n C%h n B the th rd s the sound of $ellB the fourth s that of %on%hB the f fth s that of anr 1lute2B the s +th s that sound of la 1%#m$als2B the seventh s that of fluteB the e 'hth s that of $her 1drum2B the n nth s that of m@aI'a 1dou$le drum2B and the tenth s that of %louds 1viz), thunder2) *e ma# e+"er en%e the tenth w thout the f rst n ne sounds 1throu'h the n t at on of
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a 'uru2) &n the f rst sta'e, h s $od# $e%omes %h n C%h n B n the se%ond, there s the 1$ha?>ana2 $reak n' 1or affe%t n'2 n the $od#B n the th rd, there s the 1$heana2 " er% n'B n the fourth, the head shakesB n the f fth, the "alate "rodu%es sal vaB n the s +th, ne%tar s atta nedB n the seventh, the knowled'e of the h dden 1th n's n the world2 ar sesB n the e 'hth, ,arvk s heardB n the n nth, the $od# $e%omes nv s $le and the "ure d v ne e#e s develo"edB n the tenth, he atta ns ,ara$rahman n the "resen%e of 1or w th2 6m wh %h s (rahman) After that, when manas s destro#ed, when t wh %h s the sour%e of saIkal"a and v kal"a d sa""ears, ow n' to the destru%t on of these two, and when v rtues and s ns are $urnt awa#, then he sh nes as Sa= va of the nature of !ak "ervad n' ever#where, $e n' efful'en%e n ts ver# essen%e, the mma%ulate, the eternal, the sta nless and the most .u es%ent Om) 0hus s the tea%h n' of the <easB and thus s the U"an sha)"

Footnotes 575:7 0h s word "*amsa" s ver# m#ster ous and has man fold mean n's a%%ord n' to d fferent stand"o nts) &t s %om"osed of *am 1or Aham2 and Sa 1ha2, wh %h mean "&" 1am2 "that") &n ts h 'hest sense, t s Jlahamsa 1or ,ara$rahman2) &t s also (rahm when he has *amsa 1or swan2 as the veh %le or *amsaCvhana) Ahen *amsa wh %h s the man festat on of ,r;a s a""l ed to the human $reath, we are sa d to e+hale w th *a and to nhale w th Sa) &t s also %alled A>a"CG#ar-) 575:5 0he d fferent %hakras of those that are a$ove the anus, n the 'en tals, navel, heart, and throat, $etween the e#e$rows and n the head) 578:7 0h s s om tted n the Mal%utta ed t on and seem n'l# makes no sense here) 578:5 0h s s how a %ommentator e+"la ns) 578:8 0h s refers to the d fferent "etals n the heart) Vide the same n 3raaC,ar vr>aka and Nh#na$ nu U"an shas) 578:F J-laka means wed'e) &n the A>a" manra /*amsaCsoEham/, SoEham s the wed'e to wh %h the whole manra s fastened) 57F:7 One %ommentator ' ves the ta$le for 57,GHH thus: GH $reaths make one ,r;aB G ,r;as, one nd B and GH nd s, one da# and n 'ht) 57F:5 0he words are: S4r##a, Som#a, 3 ra?>an#a, 3 ra$hs#a) &t s w th the "ronun% at on of these words that the d fferent "la%es n the $od# are tou%hed, viz), AI'an#sas and Jaran#sas are "erformed) 0he f rst word s "o nted to the heart w th the thum$B the se%ond, to the head, and the th rd, to the ha r of the head) A th the last, a kava%ha 1armour2 s made $# % r%l n' the f n'ers round the head and then % r%l n' one hand over another) 0h s "ro%ess s %arr ed on a'a n after the "ronun% at on of A>a" manra wh %h follows) *ere Soma 1moon2 s that wh %h s un ted w th 0ha or the em$lem of the un on of the lower and h 'her Selves) S4r#a or Sun s the %auser of the state of oneCness) 57F:8 As t stands, t means "the $od less, the su$tle and the 'u de)" 0he or ' nal s Aanu Sukshmam ,ra%hoa#t) 57F:F 0he three e#es are the two e#es %ommonl# now n use w th the O v ne e#e) 57F:L Montem"lat on w th an o$>e%t as seed and the seedless one) 57F:G A state a$ove manas or when manas s trans%ended)