Rituals and means to perform them are also born from Imperishable.

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Chapter-2.

Section-1.

Mantram-6 & 7.


Tasmad   rcah   sama   yajumsi   diksa          (6)

yajnas-ca   sarve-ca   kratavo   daksinas-ca

samvat-saras-ca   yajamanas-ca   lokah

somo   yatra   pavate   yatra   suryah.


From Him are the Vedik hymens, the sacred chants, the sacrificial formulae, preliminary rites, sacrifices, ceremonies, sacrificial gifts, the time of the sacrifice, the sacrificer and the worlds, purified by the sun and the moon (which come to one as the fruits of sacrifice).



Tasmac-ca   deva   bahudha   samprasutah           (7)

sadhya   manusyah   pasavo   vayamsi

prana-panau   vrihiyavau   tapas-ca

sraddha   satyam   brahma-caryam   vidhis-ca.



From Him also the Gods of various orders, the Celestias, the men, the beasts, (cattle), the birds, the in-breaths and the out-breaths, the corn and the barley, thought, devotion, truth, self-control and values of life were born.


In these two mantras, we have details showing how from the subtler, grosser things have evolved, ultimately to make up our known world of things and feelings.


The first mantra is clear in itself, due to the various sacrificial rites which, in this connection, may be considered to incorporate in its scope, the entire world of actions. According to the actions, we create our fields of activities to live therein and gain experiences. And hence here is the hint in the phrase, "the world purified by the sun and the moon".  The modern world knows sufficiently of the influence of the sun and the moon upon the available aspects of nature, which directly governs our experience, as natives of this planet.


In the second mantram, we have the combination of the sequence of creation, to emphasize the fact, that very living creature and its activities of life have come from that Supreme Soul, the Eternal Pure Consciousness. After the corn and barley (plants) in the above list, the Rishies enumerate, thought , devotion, etc.  Corn and barley stand for food, and food is the nourisher of thought: if one were to fast continuously for some forty days, one would experience that one's mind refuses to entertain any thought. On the other hand, when one starts taking more and more food in small doses, one would find that, in proportion to the amount of food consumed, the volume of thoughts and the frequency of their movements also increase.

THOUGHTS  BECOME DEVOTION, SPIRITUAL, TRUTH, AND SELF-CONTROL: RESULT IN VALUES AND ALERTNESS.          

 

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