THE THEERTHA OR SACRED WATER IN THE ATHARVASIRAS UPANISHAD
SWAMIJI'S EASTER SERMON: ULTIMATE MINGLING OF ALL SACRED WATERS
The Atharvasiras Upanishad, Translated by P. R. Ramachander
Published by celextel.org
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He (God) is called "theertha (sacred water)" because he is the ULTIMATE MINGLING
OF ALL SACRED WATERS which are sought after... (This "mingling" of waters
implies Rasa Tantra.)

Deeply drinking the Somapana (Soma Pavamana, a holy drink, pani is water) of
your grace we have become deathless (physically immortal). We have reached the
ultimate. We have seen the devas (by Higher Consciousness). Who can cause any
harm to us? We humans do not have any shortage of that nectar. 3-2

You (Androgynous Divine Body of Higher Consciousness) who are primeval are older
than the sun (male) and the moon (female). 3-3

For the sake of this world, this deathless primeval being, catches hold of this
world which is created by Prajapathi and which is minute and peaceful, without
touching it and attracts its shape of things by shape, peacefulness by peace,
minuteness by minuteness and airy nature by its airy nature and swallows it.
Salutations and salutations to that great swallower. 3-4

Those gods who reside in the heart reside in the soul of the heart. And you who
live in that heart are beyond the triad nature. 3-5

The head of "the sound of Om" is on your left side. Its feet are on your right
side. That "Sound of Om" is the Pranava(primeval sound). That Pranava is spread
everywhere. That which is everywhere is the greatest. That which is limitless,
shines like a white star. That which is also called Shuklam (seminal fluid - the
basic unit of life, sperm) is very very minute. That which is minute (DNA
molecule) is like a lightning power. That which is like lightning power is the
ultimate Brahman. That Brahman is one and only one. That one and only one is
Rudra (the ancient name for Siva), it is also Eeshana (the form of Lord Shiva
with tuft and riding on a bull), it is also the ultimate God and it is also the
lord of all things. 3-6

Rudra is called the personification of Pranva Prana) because he sends the souls
towards heaven, at the time of death (dissolution, OOBE's, exiting the body from
the God Chakra).

He is called the "one who has the shape of Pranava", because the Brahmins read
and propagate the Rik, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas only after reading "om".

He is called "all pervading" because like oil in gingili (Til), he peacefully
pervades all over the world and its beings, from top to bottom and from right to
left. (Subjectively, all those with Prana in Shushuman and Kundalini Shakti in
the God Chakra, will literally experience an expansion of consciousness as the
Union of subject and object. The Hindu mantra, Tat Vam Asi means "That art
thou." This is the basis of Sankaracharya's Advaita, which is Non-Separation of
male and female and subject and object.)

He is called "Anantha (endless)", because his end is neither at the top nor
bottom, nor right nor left (nadis or channels - male and female).

He is called "thara (protector)" because he protects one from the fear of life
which consists of the fear of staying in the womb, fear at time of birth, fear
from diseases, fear from old age and fear from death.

He is called "Shukla (shukra, white, seminal fluid), because by "pronouncing his
name" (by the DNA or seed of a couple) we get rid of all pains.

He is called "sookshma (minute)", because he pervades in a minute form all over
the body without touching any of the organs.

He is called "vaidhyutha (electric)" because as soon as "his name is pronounced"
(i.e. one attains Advaitamrita or Androgynous Bioplasma), in the state of
darkness where nothing is visible, the holy knowledge comes like a ray of
lightning. (Jesus said: "When thine eye is single, thy whole body will be filled
with Light. My Light shines from East to West.")

He is called "Para Brahmam (God, the ultimate reality)", because, though he is
inside every thing, he is in and out of everything, he is the refuge of every
thing and bigger than the big, he is inside every thing. (The Yogi tries to
convey the experience of Higher Consciousness.)

He is called "Eka (single)" because he singly destroys everything (i.e. the
degenerating body) and recreates everything (by the Biblical "Washing of
Regeneration").

He is called "theertha (sacred water)" because he is the ultimate mingling of
all sacred waters which are sought after, in the east, south, north ad west.

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