Chandogya upnishad

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A recent picture of the Sun’s surface taken by the largest solar telescope of NASA Shows that the Sun’s surface looks like a honeycomb. But Chandogya Upanishad in its third Adhyaay mentions something similar; the Sun as ‘honey of the gods’ devmadhu

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असौ वा आदित्यो देवमधु तस्य
द्यौरेवतिरश्चीनवंशोऽन्तरिक्षमपूपो मरीचयः पुत्राः ॥

asau vā ādityo devamadhu tasya dyaureva tiraścīnavaṃśo’ntarikṣamapūpo marīcayaḥ putrāḥ || 3.1.1 ||3/6

Meaning: The sun over there is honey to the gods. Heaven is the crossbeam, the mid-region is the beehive, and the rays are the eggs.4/6


तस्य ये प्राञ्चो रश्मयस्ता एवास्य प्राच्यो मधुनाड्यः ।
ऋच एव मधुकृत ऋग्वेद एव पुष्पं ता अमृता आपस्ता वा एता ऋचः ॥

tasya ye prāñco raśmayastā evāsya prācyo madhunāḍyaḥ | ṛca eva madhukṛta ṛgveda eva puṣpaṃ tā amṛtā āpastā vā etā ṛcaḥ || 3.1.2 ||
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The word ‘spirituality’ is complete in itself, it makes us realize our existence, but there is a lot of depth in its meaning. Only those who are constantly in restraint and faith understand this, that is, they do not waste time in laziness. From the point of view of grammar, the word that separates this word “Atmani Iti” is “spirituality”. Which means to dwell in the soul or to search for the infinite. In this way, when we practice the word ‘spirituality’ more, we see its original nature as ‘Atman’. According to verse 144 of the Nanarthvarga episode of the ancient Indian text “Amarkosha”, the word spirituality means micro. It is said here, ‘Subtle Madhyatmampi’. This subtle word is made easier by the Panini sutra (Sutra 4/177). ‘ Sukshmaṃ syāt kāitave’dhyātmē. The word spirituality from the sutra is synonymous with the subtle word “Shrimad Bhagavad”, which is illuminated by Lord Krishna-Gita

Both the meanings of soul and mystical spirituality are intertwined. Both make sense of each other and this realization is possible not by knowledge of grammar but by meditation. In Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna said ‘Adhyatma vidya vidyanaam vadah pravadatamaham’ (10/32) i.e. God is the knowledge of spirituality in the disciplines. That divine voice of Lord Shri Krishna is meaningful and perfect to give philosophy in knowledge at the peak of spirituality by providing worthy knowledge to mankind. Also, these two are one. A spiritualist is a true seeker of spiritual science. Similarly, only a seeker of spirituality succeeds in knowing the sources and conclusions of spiritualism