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Line 340: − + − [[File:Om.svg|thumb|140px|The eighth anuvaka of Taittiriya Upanishad's first chapter discusses what is Aum?]]+ − The seventh anuvaka of Shiksha Valli is an unconnected lesson asserting that "everything in this whole world is fivefold" - sensory organs, human anatomy (skin, flesh, sinews, bones, marrow), breathing, energy (fire, wind, sun, moon, stars), space (earth, aerial space, heavens, poles, intermediate poles).<ref name="Paul Deussen page 227">Paul Deussen, Sixty Upanishads of the Veda, Volume 1, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120814684, page 227</ref> This section does not contextually fit with the sixth or eighth lesson. It is the concluding words of the seventh anuvaka that makes it relevant to the Taittiriya Upanishad, by asserting the idea of fractal nature of existence where the same hidden principles of nature and reality are present in macro and micro forms, there is parallelism in all knowledge. Paul Deussen states that these concluding words of the seventh lesson of Shiksha Valli assert, "there is parallelism between man and the world, microcosm and macrocosm, and he who understands this idea of parallelism becomes there through the macrocosm itself".<ref name="Paul Deussen page 226"/>+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Taittriya Upanishad (तैत्तिरीय-उपनिषद्) (view source)
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A detailed study of Prana, Apana and Vayu can be made [[Prana|here]].
A detailed study of Prana, Apana and Vayu can be made [[Prana|here]].
====Sixth Anuvaka ॥ षष्ठोऽनुवाकः॥====
====Sixth Anuvaka ॥ षष्ठोऽनुवाकः॥====
This Anuvaka is important because we find a description where Brahman (ब्रह्म) is actually shown to be located within the physical body.
This Anuvaka is important because we find a description where Brahman (ब्रह्म) is actually shown to be located within the physical body.
This Anuvaka describes ''Pracina yogya'' (प्राचीन योग्य, ancient yoga) in the second verse. This is one of the earliest mentions of the practice of meditative [[Yoga]] as existent in ancient India.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/AitareyataittiriyaUpanishadsWithShankaraBhashya-English/05AitareyataittiriyaUpanishadsWithShankaraBhashya-English#page/n81/mode/2up Taittiriya Upanishad - Shiksha Valli, Chapter VI] SS Sastri (Translator), The Aitereya and Taittiriya Upanishad, page 77</ref>
This Anuvaka describes ''Pracina yogya'' (प्राचीन योग्य, ancient yoga) in the second verse. This is one of the earliest mentions of the practice of meditative [[Yoga]] as existent in ancient India.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/AitareyataittiriyaUpanishadsWithShankaraBhashya-English/05AitareyataittiriyaUpanishadsWithShankaraBhashya-English#page/n81/mode/2up Taittiriya Upanishad - Shiksha Valli, Chapter VI] SS Sastri (Translator), The Aitereya and Taittiriya Upanishad, page 77</ref>
====Parallelism in knowledge and what is Om - Seventh and Eighth Anuvāka====
====Seventh Anuvaka ॥ सप्तमोऽनुवाकः ॥====
This is another extremely important Anuvaka. Five aspects have been described within and without the human body.
=====Literal Translation<ref name=":3" /> =====
पृथिव्यन्तरिक्षं द्यौर्दिशोऽवान्तरदिशाः । अग्निर्वायुरादित्यश्चन्द्रमा नक्षत्राणि । आप ओषधयो वनस्पतय आकाश आत्मा ।
इत्यधिभूतम् । अथाध्यात्मम् । प्राणो व्यानोऽपान उदानः समानः । चक्षुः श्रोत्रं मनो वाक् त्वक् । चर्म माँसँस्नावास्थिमज्जा ।
एतदधि विधाय ऋषिरवोचत् । पाङ्क्तं वा इदँ सर्वम् । पाङ्क्तेनैव पाङ्क्तँ स्पृणोतीति ॥ १ ॥
पृथ्वी earth, अन्तरिक्ष the sky, द्यौ the heaven, दिशाः directions, अन्तरदिशाः intermediate directions, अग्नि fire, वायु: air, आदित्य sun, चन्द्रमा moon, नक्षत्राणि, the stars, आप: water, ओषधयो: medicine वनस्पतय: forest trees, आकाश space, अधिभूतम् regarding all living beings, अध्यात्मम् regarding the soul, मन: mind, वाक् speech, त्वक् touch, चर्म skin, माँस flesh, स्नाव the muscle अस्थि bone, मज्जा the marrow, अधि विधाय having analyzed, ऋषि: the seer, अवोचत् said, पाङ्क्तं five fold, स्पृणोति sustains
The earth, the sky, the heaven, the directions and intermediate directions, the fire, the air, sun, moon, and the stars, the water, the herbs, the forest trees, space and Atman - this is with regards to all living beings.
Now as regards the soul: The Prana, the Vyana, the Apana, the Udana, and the Samana; the eyes, the ears, the mind, the speech, and the touch; the skin, the flesh, the muscle, the bone, and the marrow.
After analysis the seer declared, that all is Five-fold. He sustains the five-fold.
=====Detailed Explanation=====
The earth, the sky, the heaven, the directions and intermediate directions: These are the five lokas
the fire, the air, sun, moon, and the stars: These are the five Devatas
the water, the herbs, the forest trees, space and Atman: These are the five Bhutas
Above are external elements.
The Prana, the Vyana, the Apana, the Udana, and the Samana: These are five Vayus
The eyes, the ears, the mind, the speech, and the touch: These are the five senses
==== Eighth Anuvaka====
'''What is {{large|ॐ}}?'''
'''What is {{large|ॐ}}?'''