Theory of Karman in Indian Thought

SR No.: 011109
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Koshelya Walli
Publisher: Bharat Manisha
Publication Year: 1977
Total Pages: 377
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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[ 41 ] the Bșhadaranyakopanişad1 speaks of the spheres of loka of man, gods and devas and says that the sphere of the gods is the best. According to the Rgveda, on account of liberal gifts people resort to heaven and reside there as tright stars or go to the sun and become immortal.2 Bodily transference to heaven
According to the Taittirīya Samhita: offering the adābhya cup in Jyotiştoma results in stay in heaven while still living in this world. Taittirīya Brahmanat records that those who offer sacrifices become shining stars in the firmament. The Satapatha Brahmana is an evidence to the fact that a sacrificer is born in the heaven with his entire body. Heavenly bliss
According to the Brhadāraṇyakopanişad, joys of the worlds of gods are hundreds of times more delightful than those of the mortal world.
Heaven not a place
There are various opinions whether Svarga means a place or it means anything other than a place. On Jaimini Satra, Sabara," .first puts forward the idea that Svarga implies in popular language such dravya .as fine silken clothes, sandalwood paste and young damsels only sixteen years old. It also means a place where there is neither 'heat nor cold, neither hunger nor thirst, ueither distress nor fatigue, and where only men of good deeds can reach. Sabara, later, himself refutes the view and accepts the primary meaning of the word Svarga as joy or delight and not a thing which brings joy.8
1. Bịhadaraṇyakopanişad 1.5.16 2. Rgveda X. 107,2 3. Taittirīya Samhita VI. 6. 9. 2. 4. Taittisīya Brāhmana 1. 5. 2.5-6 5. Satapatha Brāhmaṇa XI.1.8.6. 6. Bịhadāraṇyakopanişed 4.3.32 7. Satara on Jaimini Sūra VI. 1. I .8. Sabara on Jaimini VI. 1.2 .
Also see Kathopanişad 1.12 Vide also Taittiriya Upanişad II.8