Dasa Upanishads – Vaikuntam and Narayanan

Updated on December 18, 2021 in Holy Books
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Namaskaram swamy.

Dasa Upanishads are stated to be principal Upanishads. adiyen read them (more of a glance) recently. Sushumna nadi, details of soul’s journey through the archiradhi marg, bathing in viraja river, 500 apsaras attending the soul, ascending on to Brahmam’s throne, question by Brahmam etc., are clearly explained. But adiyen could not find explicit mention of vaikuntam and Narayanan (as Supreme) in them. I hope, I have not missed it.  

I observed Narayanan to be mentioned in upanishads other than Dasa Upanishads.

Is there any explicit mention of Narayanan and vaikuntam in Dasa Upanishads?. 

If not, Is there any explicit mention of vaikuntam in other Upanishads?.

Why principal Upanishads do not mention them?.

P.S :: I only want to know the citing in vedas / Upanishads and nothing more. Hence, kindly do not mistake me to be having suspecting nature, since I have posted related queries earlier. The idea of posting this query is to get the clarity from the learned acharya and not doubting on VishishtAdvaitam. I intend to my stop exploration, once I get the details.

adiyen

SriVaishnava dasan

 
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Srimate Raaamnujaya Namaha,

Swamy you can wait for the exact answer from those who are expert and learned in Upanishads. meanwhile thought of sharing one sloka which i have read in Gita Mahatmaya sloka, it is slightly relevant to this post.

“sarvopanishado gavo dogdha gopalanandana:
parthovatsa: sudheerbhoktha dugdham gitamrutam mahat

word to word meaning:

sarva- all; upanishadho – Upanishads are; gavo- cows; dogdha- milker;
gopalanandana:- (is)the son of the cowherd ,( Krishna); partho- son
of prutha ,(Arjuna); vatsa:- (is the)calf; sudhee:- (the)men of
purified intellect; Bhoktha- (are the)drinkers; dugdham- (and the )
milk ; mahat- (is the)supreme; amrutam- nectar; gita- (of) Gita

sloka meaning:

(If)All upanishads are (likened to) cows. The milker is the son of
the cowherd, Krishna; Arjuna, son of prutha, is the calf; the men of
purified intellect are the drinkers and the milk is the supreme
nectar of Gita.

Highlights:

Vedas are the breath of the Lord. Upanishads are the defining points
of the vedas. Sort of crowns. All upanishads are compared to cows
here. If the milk is compared to Gita, then it means that the
knowledge attained through a devoted study of the Gita gives the
essence of all vedas ( and upanishads in turn). In many slokas
upanishadic verses are repeated verbatim in the Gita. Foreseeing the
difficulty of the forthcoming generations of kaliyuga vasis, Krishna
has prepared a digest of the consummate wisdom of the vedas and
presented them in his dialogue with Arjuna.”

 

Adiyen

Thirukachidaasanudasan

on December 18, 2021

swamy,

Thank you for your efforts.

The message of the sloka is well taken. My query is w.r.to. vedas / upanishads.

adiyen

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