Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.7

Gargi's Questions - The ImperishableYajur Veda

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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.7
intermediate
स होवाच। यद्ऊर्ध्वं गार्गि दिवो यदवाक्पृथिव्या यदन्तरा द्यावापृथिवी इमे यद्भूतं च भवच्च भविष्यच्चेत्याचक्षत आकाशे तदोतं च प्रोतं चेति॥

sa hovāca | yadūrdhvaṃ gārgi divo yadavākpṛthivyā yadantarā dyāvāpṛthivī ime yadbhūtaṃ ca bhavacca bhaviṣyaccеtyācakṣata ākāśе tadotaṃ ca protaṃ ceti ||

"He said: "That which is above the sky, below the earth, between heaven and earth, that which is called past, present, and future - that is woven on space (akasha).""

What This Means:

Yajnavalkya answers: All of space and time is woven on akasha (space/ether - the subtle element).

Going Deeper:

Akasha here is the unmanifest substrate of all manifest space-time. But Gargi will ask further.

How To Apply This:

All manifest reality rests on the subtle space. Akasha is the ground of the physical.

#akasha#space#ground of manifest