Yama teaches Nachiketas:
What is Brahmamuhurta? Why is it eulogized by the Rishis?
In Kathopanishad, Lord Yama advises Nachiketas:
Indriyani hayanyahur Vishayansteshu gocharan
Atmendriya manoyuktam Bhoktetyahur maneeshinah
The sense organs are the horses. The objects in this universe keep pulling the sense organs towards them. The intelligent persons understand that the inner spirit is the true consummator of all objects. The spirit acts through the mind to reach the objects through the sense organs.
Yastuavijnanavan bhavatyuktena manasa sada
Tasyendriyanyavashyani dushtashva iva saratheh
When one ignores this model it disturbs the union of mind and inner spirit. Then the sense organs work without respecting any control. They run in all directions dissipating energy like a group of foul horses in the hands of an incompetent charioteer. The charioteer has no control over the horses and eventually they topple the chariot. No meaningful progress is possible in such a scenario.
Yastu vijnanavan bhavati yuktena manasaa sadaa
Tasyendriyani vashyani sadashva iva sarathe
For one who acknowledges this model the mind is united with the inner spirit. His sense organs remain perfectly under control like good horses in the hands of a competent charioteer.
Yastuavijnanavan bhavatyanyamanaskah sadaa-shuchih
Na sa tatpadamapnoti samsaram chadhigachchati
By ignoring this model the mind gets scattered and turbulent. It becomes incapable of conceiving higher realities. He is trapped in the ocean of worldly transactions. He can not attain that state where one is free from the cycles of birth and death.
Yastu vijnanavan bhavati samanaska sada shuchih
Sa tu tatpadamapnoti yasmat bhooyo na jayate
When this model is acknowledged his mind remains organized and clear. He acquires the power to reach that state where one is free from the cycle of birth and death.
Vijnana sarathir yastu manahpragrahavannarah
So/dhvanahparamapnoti tadvishnoh paramam padam
One who keeps wisdom as the charioteer and uses the mind to rein the sense-organs, attains the strength to traverse the course of a meaningful life. He reaches the state of Vishnu, which transcends all states, fills the universe with his perennial presence.
What is Brahmamuhurta? Why is it eulogized by the Rishis?
4 a.m. in the morning is termed as Brahmamuhurta.
Because it is favourable for meditation on God or Brahman, it is called Brahmamuhurta. At this particular hour, the mind is very calm and serene. It is free from worldly thoughts, worries and anxieties. The mind is like a blank sheet of paper and comparatively free from worldly Samskaras. It can be very easily moulded at this time before worldly distractions enter the mind. Further, the atmosphere also is charged with more Sattva at this particular time. There is no bustle and noise outside.
Because it is favourable for meditation on God or Brahman, it is called Brahmamuhurta. At this particular hour, the mind is very calm and serene. It is free from worldly thoughts, worries and anxieties. The mind is like a blank sheet of paper and comparatively free from worldly Samskaras. It can be very easily moulded at this time before worldly distractions enter the mind. Further, the atmosphere also is charged with more Sattva at this particular time. There is no bustle and noise outside.
Give me a very simple, but very impressive proof for the existence of the soul.
You say in daily life, “My body”, “My Prana”, “My mind”, “My
Indriya”. This clearly denotes that the Self or Atman is entirely different from the body, the
mind, the Prana and the Indriyas. The mind and the body
are your servants or instruments. They
are as much outside of you as these towels, chairs, cups are.
You are holding the body just as you are holding a long walking stick in your hand. You
are the possessor or proprietor of this body.
The body is your property or possession. The body,
the senses, the mind, etc., are not the soul, but belong to it. -Swami Sivananda
In Kathopanishad, Lord Yama advises Nachiketas:
Atmanam rathinam viddhi Shareeram
rathameva tu
Buddhim tu sarathim viddhi Manah pragrahamevacha
A model for the working of the principle through the intellect, mind and body is described here. Know the spirit within as the sole passenger sitting in a chariot. The chariot is the body associated with that spirit. The intellect sits in the driving seat and controls the horses harnessed to the chariot. Mind is the reins by which the charioteer gets hold of the horses, to make them perform in accordance with its will.
Buddhim tu sarathim viddhi Manah pragrahamevacha
A model for the working of the principle through the intellect, mind and body is described here. Know the spirit within as the sole passenger sitting in a chariot. The chariot is the body associated with that spirit. The intellect sits in the driving seat and controls the horses harnessed to the chariot. Mind is the reins by which the charioteer gets hold of the horses, to make them perform in accordance with its will.
Indriyani hayanyahur Vishayansteshu gocharan
Atmendriya manoyuktam Bhoktetyahur maneeshinah
The sense organs are the horses. The objects in this universe keep pulling the sense organs towards them. The intelligent persons understand that the inner spirit is the true consummator of all objects. The spirit acts through the mind to reach the objects through the sense organs.
Yastuavijnanavan bhavatyuktena manasa sada
Tasyendriyanyavashyani dushtashva iva saratheh
When one ignores this model it disturbs the union of mind and inner spirit. Then the sense organs work without respecting any control. They run in all directions dissipating energy like a group of foul horses in the hands of an incompetent charioteer. The charioteer has no control over the horses and eventually they topple the chariot. No meaningful progress is possible in such a scenario.
Yastu vijnanavan bhavati yuktena manasaa sadaa
Tasyendriyani vashyani sadashva iva sarathe
For one who acknowledges this model the mind is united with the inner spirit. His sense organs remain perfectly under control like good horses in the hands of a competent charioteer.
Yastuavijnanavan bhavatyanyamanaskah sadaa-shuchih
Na sa tatpadamapnoti samsaram chadhigachchati
By ignoring this model the mind gets scattered and turbulent. It becomes incapable of conceiving higher realities. He is trapped in the ocean of worldly transactions. He can not attain that state where one is free from the cycles of birth and death.
Yastu vijnanavan bhavati samanaska sada shuchih
Sa tu tatpadamapnoti yasmat bhooyo na jayate
When this model is acknowledged his mind remains organized and clear. He acquires the power to reach that state where one is free from the cycle of birth and death.
Vijnana sarathir yastu manahpragrahavannarah
So/dhvanahparamapnoti tadvishnoh paramam padam
One who keeps wisdom as the charioteer and uses the mind to rein the sense-organs, attains the strength to traverse the course of a meaningful life. He reaches the state of Vishnu, which transcends all states, fills the universe with his perennial presence.
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