[Advaita-l] Aitareya Upanishad 2.1.1 Bhashya

[Durga Prasad Janaswamy]

Thank you for the reference.
It is vividly described as how difficult it is to be born as a human being.
regards
-- durga prasad

On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 10:48 PM Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste,
> You can see shankarAchArya's commentary to the word दुर्निष्प्रपतरं in the
> panchAgni vidyA section, Chandogya 5.10.6.
>
> Regards
> Venkatraghavan
>
>
> On Fri, 7 Dec 2018, 03:34 Durga Prasad Janaswamy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org wrote:
>
>> Hari Om,
>>
>> Aitareya Upanishad
>> 2.1.1 Bhashya
>> अयमेवाविद्याकामकर्माभिमानवान् यज्ञादिकर्म कृत्वा अस्माल्लोकाद्धूमादिक्रमेण
>> चन्द्रमसं प्राप्य क्षीणकर्मा वृष्ट्यादिक्रमेण इमं लोकं प्राप्य अन्नभूतः
>> पुरुषाग्नौ हुतः । तस्मिन्पुरुषे ह वै अयं संसारी रसादिक्रमेण आदितः प्रथमतः
>> रेतोरूपेण गर्भो भवतीति एतदाह — यदेतत्पुरुषे रेतः, तेन रूपेणेति ।
>>
>> "Then he falls on the earth as rain and enters into cereals, plants or
>> other edibles. With the food, he goes into a human body and becomes semen,
>> which is the essence of the food."
>>
>> I was told that there are many obstacles from the point of reaching earth
>> as rain and entering into human body with food. And these obstacles are
>> discussed in detail at some other place.
>>
>> Any references where these obstacles are discussed in detail?
>>
>> Thanks and regards
>> -- durga prasad
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