MAHAAVAAKYA MANJOOSHA
KALISANTARANOPANISHAD (कलिसन्तरणोपनिषद्)
ॐ श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः। ॐ श्री भवानिशङ्कराय नमः।
ॐ श्री मात्रे नमः।
JAI SHANKAR KALISANTARANOPANISHAD
(कलिसन्तरणोपनिषद्)
The Shaanti Mantra is ॐ सह नाववतु सह नौ भुनक्तु…
(already covered in an earlier series).
This is a very small Upanishad. The title means tiding over the Age of Kali(the bad effects of Kali).
01. हरि ॐ। द्वापरान्ते नारदो ब्रह्माणं जगाम कथं भगवन् गां
पर्यटन् कलिं संतरेयम् इति। स होवाच ब्रह्मा साधु पृष्टोऽस्मि
सर्वश्रुतिरहस्यं गोप्यं तत् शृणु येन कलिसंसारं तरिष्यसि।
भगवत आदिपुरुषस्य नारायणस्य नामोच्चारणमात्रेण
निर्धूतकलिर्भवति। नारदः पुनः पप्रच्छ तन्नाम किमिति। स होवाच हिरण्यगर्भः। हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे। हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे।।१।।
01. At the end of the Age of Dvaapara, Naarada
went to Brahmaa and asked: “How can I get over the evil effects of Kali Age when I am wandering on the earth?”. Brahmaa said: “I am asked the right question by you. I will tell you the well-guarded secret of all the Veda-s, by
chanting which you will tide over the effects of Kali. By just uttering the name of NaaraayaNa,
the First Person, one is cleansed of the evils of Kali.” Again asked Naarada: What is that name? Replied HiraNyagarbha (Brahmaa): It is:
HARE RAAM HARE RAAM RAAM RAAM HARE HARE। HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA
KRISHNA HARE HARE।
02. इति षोडशकं नाम्नां कलिकल्मषनाशनम्। नातः परतरोपायः सर्ववेदेषु दृश्यते।।
02. This string of sixteen names is an antidote to the evils of Kali. No other superior means is to be found in all the Veda-s.
03. इति षोडशकलावृतस्य जीवस्य आवरणविनाशनम्।
ततः प्रकाशते परं ब्रह्म मेघापाये रविरश्मिमण्डलीवेति।।
03. Thus (with the chant of this मन्त्र) the veil(of माया ) covering the 16-digited soul is
destroyed. Then, Brahman shines brightly like the sun after the drifting away of the clouds.
NOTE: The 5 cosmic elements (पञ्च महाभूत), 5 organs of perception(ज्ञानेन्द्रियाणि), 5 motor organs(कर्मेन्द्रियाणि) and the mind – these are the sixteen digits(कला) of the जीव (embodied soul).
04. पुनः नारदः पप्रच्छ भगवन् कोऽस्य विधिरिति। स होवाच
नास्य विधिरिति। सर्वदा शुचिरशुचिर्वा पठन् ब्राह्मणः सलोकतां
समीपतां सरूपतां सायुज्यतामेति। सद्यो मुच्यते सद्यो मुच्यते इत्यपनिषत्।।
04. Again asked Naarada: “What is the right way of doing it?”. The Lord replied: No prescribed procedure as such is there. Whether or not one is clean(after bath) or not, whosoever chants is, indeed, a BraahmaNa and he attains the four kinds of Liberation like सालोक्य सामीप्य सारूप्य and सायुज्य। He gets freed immediately.
NOTE: You must have heard Bhatmams chanting: अपवित्र: पवित्रो वा सर्वावस्थां गतोऽपि वा।
यः स्मरेत् पुण्डरीकाक्षं स बाह्याभ्यन्तरः शुचिः।।(“Unholy or holy and in whichever condition he may be,
if he remembers the Lotus-Eyed God(VishNu),
he is deemed as pure, both within and without”). This verse gives the same message as this Upanishad.
KALISANTARANOPANISHAD IS CONCLUDED