Here is a small imagery from the Mu\u1e47\u1e0daka Upani\u1e63ad that depicts beautifully the relation we have with the world and The Self.
\nThe image, that of two birds, presented here in 3 shlokas gives first the description of ourselves in this world, then presents us with the Problem we face and lastly gives us the Solution to overcome it.<\/p>\n
dv\u0101 supar\u1e47\u0101 sayuj\u0101 sakh\u0101y\u0101 sam\u0101na\u1e41 v\u1e5bk\u1e63am pari\u1e63asvaj\u0101te
\ntayor anya\u1e25 pippala\u1e41 sv\u0101dv atty ana\u015bnann anyo\u2019bhic\u0101ka\u015b\u012bti.<\/em>
\nTwo birds, beautiful of wing, close companions, cling to one common tree: of the two one eats the sweet fruit of the tree,\u00a0the other eats not but watches his fellow.
\n***
\n sam\u0101ne v\u1e5bk\u1e63e puru\u1e63o nimagno\u2019n\u012b\u015bay\u0101 \u015bocati muhyam\u0101na\u1e25
\nju\u1e63\u1e6damyad\u0101 pa\u015byati anyam \u012b\u015bam asya mahim\u0101nam iti v\u012bta-\u015boka\u1e25<\/em>
\nThe soul is the bird that sits immersed on the one common tree; but because he is not lord he is bewildered and has sorrow.\u00a0But when he sees that other who is the Lord and beloved, he knows that all is His greatness and his sorrow passes away from him.
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\n yad\u0101 pa\u015bya\u1e25 pa\u015byate rukma-var\u1e47a\u1e41 kart\u0101ram \u012b\u015bam puru\u1e63am brahma-yonim
\ntad\u0101 vidv\u0101n pu\u1e47ya-p\u0101pe vidh\u016bya niranjana\u1e25 parama\u1e43 s\u0101myam upaiti<\/em>
\nWhen, a seer, he sees the Golden-hued, the maker, the Lord, the Spirit who is the source of Brahman,\u00a0then he becomes the knower and shakes from his wings sin and virtue; pure of all stain he reaches the supreme identity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n(Translation taken from Sri Aurobindo; Kena and the other Upanishads; p. 142)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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