Talk:Chāndogya Upanisad
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By Swami Harshananda
Chāndogya Upanisad (4.1 to 4.3.4).
The same story appears in the
Skandapurāna (Brahmakhanda—Setu-
mādhava 29) in a slightly different, but in a more detailed form. Here, the birds are actually devarṣis (sages from among the gods). Raikva was so great that he
had made all the sacred rivers stay in
his hermitage as three small lakes. When Jānaśruti approached him for spiritual wisdom, he was asked to bathe in these lakes first. Then, his mind became quiet and fit enough to receive the teaching. When Raikva taught him spiritual wisdom, he attained liberation.
See also RAIKVA.
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- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore
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