Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary)
by Srisa Chandra Vasu | 1909 | 169,805 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The English translation of the Chandogya Upanishad including the commentary of Madhva called the Bhasya. This text describes in seven sections the importance of speech, the importance of knowledge and the journey towards salvation.. It is one of the largest Upanishads and is associated with the Sama Veda. The Mundaka Upanishad is variously spelled...
Second Adhyaya, Third Khanda (2 mantras)
Mantra 2.3.1.
1. Let one meditate on the five-fold Lord the Harmonious, in the rain; Pradyumna in the wind, that brings the rain clouds; Vāsudeva in the gathered clouds; Nārāyaṇa in the raining; Aniruddha in thunder and lightning.—102.
Mantra 2.3.2.
2. Saṅkarṣaṇa in the ceasing (when it stops raining). For him there is rain, and the Lord showers all blessings on him who knowing Him thus, meditates on Him in the rain, as the five-fold Harmonious.—103.
Madhva’s commentary called the Bhāṣya:
He who meditates on Viṣṇu, in His five-fold forms, existing in the fore-wind, etc., obtains rain, and for him through His five aspects Janārdana showers all objects of enjoyment, which Mukta or released souls get.
The phrase he rains for him has no object in the Śruti passage. The Commentator supplies it by the words Muktigān, Bhogān, all enjoyments of Muktajīvas. That is, the Lord rains for him all enjoyments, which souls get in the state of release.