Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.14

Maitreyi Dialogue I - The Immortal SelfYajur Veda

24 / 44
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.14
intermediate
स यथा सर्वासामपां समुद्र एकायनमेवं सर्वेषां स्पर्शानां त्वगेकायनमेवं सर्वेषां गन्धानां नासिकैकायनमेवं सर्वेषां रसानां जिह्वैकायनमेवं सर्वेषां रूपाणां चक्षुरेकायनमेवं सर्वेषां शब्दानां श्रोत्रमेकायनमेवं सर्वेषां संकल्पानां मन एकायनमेवं सर्वासां विद्यानां हृदयमेकायनमेवं सर्वेषां कर्मणां हस्तावेकायनमेवं सर्वेषामानन्दानामुपस्थ एकायनमेवं सर्वेषां विसर्गाणां पायुरेकायनमेवं सर्वेषामध्वनां पादावेकायनमेवं सर्वेषां वेदानां वागेकायनम्॥

sa yathā sarvāsāmapāṃ samudra ekāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāṃ sparśānāṃ tvagekāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāṃ gandhānāṃ nāsikaikāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāṃ rasānāṃ jihvaikāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāṃ rūpāṇāṃ cakṣurekāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāṃ śabdānāṃ śrotramekāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāṃ saṃkalpānāṃ mana ekāyanamevaṃ sarvāsāṃ vidyānāṃ hṛdayamekāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāṃ karmaṇāṃ hastāvekāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāmānandānāmupastha ekāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāṃ visargāṇāṃ pāyurekāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāmadhvanāṃ pādāvekāyanamevaṃ sarveṣāṃ vedānāṃ vāgekāyanam ||

""As the ocean is the one goal of all waters, as the skin is the one goal of all touches, as the nose is of all smells, as the tongue of all tastes, as the eye of all forms, as the ear of all sounds, as the mind of all resolves, as the heart of all knowledge, as the hands of all actions, as the organ of generation of all pleasure, as the anus of all evacuations, as the feet of all walking, as speech of all the Vedas...""

What This Means:

Just as all waters flow to the ocean, all sensations have their organ as destination. All knowledge converges on the heart.

Going Deeper:

Everything has an ekayana (one goal/home). All experiences converge to their source. Ultimately, all converges on the Self.

How To Apply This:

See how all experiences converge to one. That one goal is the Self.

#convergence#ekayana#one goal#ocean