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“The Being who brings forth the of all the sentient, insentient beings insentient Earth which is sustained
visible and invisible matter into and controls them. This is declared by the eternal indweller who makes

this universe giving them life by the Ve:da purusha as- it His own body, the Upanishath
providing entities called bhu:tha:s elucidates the nature of all
is the basis for their existence, the “anthar bahischa thath sarvam substances in about 22 lines. At the
vya:pya na:ra:yanastthithaha”
Being which gives these bhu:tha:s end, it concludes that it is that very

their stability (protects them), the Supreme One, who resides in the
Hence the Being and the Name
Being into which all these forms sentient souls, directs and sustains
to be worshipped is Na:ra:yana
dissolve after their purposes are them. Without a particular name
alone! Sukla Yajurve:da
fulfilled, the Being who alone can and identification, the process
emphatically pronounces this.
bestow the state of mo:ksha due of smarana or remembrance is
Starting with Earth and the five
to which the soul does not come impossible. After examining the
other elements, it evaluates all other
back into the bondage of matter, phase before creation begins, the
substances and proves this point.
such Being is the Parabramha, the Ve:da purusha Himself declares
For example, “It is Na:ra:yana
Jagathka:rana. It is this Supreme- this immortal Supreme One as
alone that pervades within the
soul that all wise people should Na:ra:yana !
element Earth. He does not let the
desire to know about. ”
Earth realize this. Just as a soul “e:ko: ha vai na:ra:yana

shoulders the body, dictates it and a:si:th, na bramha, ne:sa:naha,
Hearing this, Bhrugu grasps the
uses the body for its own purpose, na me:dya:va: prutthivi:,
qualities of Parabramha and goes na:nthariksham”
so too does Lord Na:ra:yana
seeking for Him. After making
possesses this element Earth as His
several attempts, with a lot of In the state of pralaya -
body. Being its Soul, He sustains
effort, he realizes that Parabramha dissolution, there are no spheres
it. Only He is the immortal dweller
is the Supreme Being who is the of enjoyment like the universe,
of your own soul.”
eternal bliss itself. Establishing the the earth, space or the Dyulo:ka
fact that He alone bestows the four etc. There are also no enjoyers
rd
th
The 7 Bramhana in the 3
states and is the Jagathka:rana, like Bramha, Rudra, and other
adhya:ya of Bruhada:ranyaka
Bhrugu receives the blessings celestials. Even in such times,
Upanishath (of Sukla Yajurve:dam)
of his father. The entities like it is Lord Na:ra:yana alone
gives us complete insight into this
a:ka:sa, etc or the demigods like who makes all the sentient and
concept.
Indra, Rudra, Bramha, etc., do insentient beings reside in Him.
“yah prutthivya:m thishtthan,
not manifest these qualities of When the time of creation arrive,
prutthivya: antharo:,
Jagathka:ranathva. Therefore, the yam prutthivi: na ve:da,
philosophers declare that these yasya prutthivi: sari:ram, “yo: bramha:nam vidadha:thi
yah prutthivi:mantharo: pu:rvam yo: vai ve:da:mscha
are not to be worshipped by those
yamayathi, e:sha tha a:thma:, prahino:thi thasmai”,
who seek mo:ksha. Na:ra:yana a:ntharya:myamruthaha”
is the only Jagad ka:rana thathva
It is again that Lord alone who
which pervades within and outside Beginning with the instance of the

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