Chandogya Upanishad: ( 30/03/2013. )

 ============================================================== ============================================================== Wednesday, February 15,  2022. 21:00. Chapter-3 : Sanat Kumara's Instructions Bhuma-Vidya : 9.2 Section- 9 : Food : Mantram-2. -============================================================== Mantram-2. 2. Sa yo’nnam brahmety-upaste, annavato vai sa lokan panavato’bhisidhyati. Yavad-annasya gatam, tatrasya yatha kamacaro bhavati yo’nnam brahmety-upaste, asti, bhagavah, annad-bhuya iti, annad vava bhuyo’stiti, tanme, bhagavan, bravitviti. So, the point that is driven into the mind of Narada by the teacher is that to become strong and powerful is to have this aspect of strength as the object of his meditation because, to the extent of the application of this kind of power, one will be successful and one will be free in that particular realm of one’s contemplation. “Still,” says Sanatkumara, “there is something more than that.” And that is water which is superi

 =============================================================== ================================================================ Wednesday, February 09,  2022. 18:00. Chapter-3 : Sanat Kumara's Instructions Bhuma-Vidya : 9.1 Section- 9 : Food : 1. ============================================================== Mantram-1.  Annam vava balad-bhuyah, tasmed-yady-api dasa ratrirna’sniyat yadi u ha jivet, atha va adrasta’srota’manta ‘boddha’karta’vijnata bhavati, atha’nnasyayai drasta bhavati, srota bhavati, manta bhavati, buddha bhavati, karta bhavati, vijnata bhavati, annam upassveti. =============================================================== That which gives strength is superior to strength, and it is metaphorically called here anna, food. It is a peculiar term occurring many times in the Upanishad. Etymologically, anna is of course, food. Anything that feeds the other is called food. It may be rice, barley, wheat, or anything else. It can be even some psychological substance. So