Aatma Bodha Upanishad
The Upanishad:
OM! May Brahman protect us (the Guru and Sishya) both! May he give us both (enough) to enjoy! Efficiency may we both attain! Effective may our study prove! May we not hate (each other) at all!
Om Shanti ! Shanti ! Shanti !
(Narayana entered) into the inner bliss, the Brahman, the sacred sound consisting of a, u and m, into this syllable, the pranavaa, which became the sound OM. The yogin who desires this, is freed of birth and samsaara.
OM ! Salutation to Narayana, the holder of conch disk and mace. Therefore he who worships with the formula “Om Namo Naaraayanaaya!” attains Vaikuntha, the heaven of the holy. And the city which is here, the Brahman-city, the lotus flower as the house, the Atman who dwells in it, in the middle of this golden flower, from him springs out what is of the nature of cause, of the nature of consciousness, consisting wholly of knowledge; that is why it is just like a flash of lightning, its light is like a lamp. So pious was Devaki’s son – so pious was Garudadhvaja – so pious was Pundarikaaksha – so pious was Madhusudhana – for he had perceived him who dwells in all beings, one, Narayana, of the nature of cause of the a, the supreme Brahman.
Who on Vishnu, free from pain and illusion meditates, he is never ruined – fearless, he goes from duality to non-duality. But from one death into another he falls – who believes in seeing plurality here.
In the midst of the heart – lotus flower is “all this guided by consciousness, established in what is guided by consciousness; the world is guided by consciousness, consciousness is its basis, consciousness is Brahman. Rising above this world by means of this conscious self, he (Vama Deva) obtained all desires in that heaven and has become immortal, - has become immortal”.
Where light is without cessation – where heaven’s splendour is based – in that world, O Purifier! – in that eternal one, put me ! Thus one goes to immortality – OM – One who meditates over this Upanishad devotedly only for an hour, for him there is no return – for him there is no return.
OM! May Brahman protect us (the Guru and Sishya) both! May he give us both (enough) to enjoy! Efficiency may we both attain! Effective may our study prove! May we not hate (each other) at all!
Om Shanti ! Shanti ! Shanti !