Famous Debates in the Forest- (Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad) - Shree Purohit Swami and WB Yeats

Part II, III & IV

Part II

There lived Gargya, son of Balaka, learned yet proud. He went to Janaka, the king of Benares, and said: ‘I will teach you about Spirit.’

Janaka said: ‘People flock to me, my name on their lips, yet I give you a hundred cows for that promise.’

Gargya said: ‘I worship as Spirit the God that is in the sun.’

Janaka said: ‘No, no; that is no right way to talk of Spirit. He transcends all being; I worship Him as the crowned king of all. Who worships Him as such, transcends all being, becomes the crowned king of all.’

Gargya said: ‘I worship as Spirit the God that is in the moon.’

© "The Ten Principal UPANISHADS" published by Rupa & Company, 7/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi 110 002. Part I of this article appeared in Splendour March 2004 issue.

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