Interpretation:
Rishi yajnavalky explains the attributes of self in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (2:4:6).
Whoever looks for the Brahman class elsewhere than in the self was abandoned by the Brahman class.
Whoever looks for the Kshatra class elsewhere than in the self was abandoned by the Kshatra class.
Whoever looks for the worlds elsewhere than in the self was abandoned by the worlds.
Whoever looks for the Devas elsewhere than in the Self was abandoned by the Devas.
Whoever looks for the Vedas elsewhere than in the Self was abandoned by the Vedas.
Whoever looks for the creatures elsewhere than in the self was abandoned by the creatures.
Whoever looked for anything elsewhere than in themselves was abandoned by anything.
‘This Brahman-class, this Kshatra-class, these worlds, these Devas, these Vedas, all these beings, this everything, all is that Self.
Om shanti, shanti, shanti hi
According to Rishi Yagnavalkya, the soul is an invincible object. However, once an individual recognizes themselves as that vital energy, they are considered to have conquered the soul.
Sri Krishna claims in Sangya Yoga Sloka 32 of the Bhagavad-gita that individuals who do not know their own soul power are defeeters. “Happy indeed are the KSHATRIYAS, O Partha, who are called to fight in such a battle that comes of itself as an open door to heaven,” whereas those who are not invited are deemed d’feeters even for innumerable births.
Shri Krishna has indirectly stated in this sloka that no matter what clan a person is born into, if the satriya character, i.e., the fighting nature, is absent, they would not be summoned to such a rare war of “realization of the soul.”
Sri gurubhyo namaha 🙏🏿
Aadesh 