MIND : ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL :5. (f). 2.

Chapter-5.THE THREE AVASTHAS :


(f). SUSHUPTI AVASTHA (DEEP SLEEP STATE) : 2.



Says Ajata Satru to Gargya in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (II-i-16) : “

Where was the spirit whose nature is like knowledge at the time when one profoundly sleeps?

When the spirit whose nature is like knowledge thus profoundly slept, then the ether in the midst of the heart, drawing in, together with the knowledge of the senses, slept therein in the ether.

When the spirit draws in that (knowledge of the senses), then he sleeps indeed.

Thus, life is drawn in, speech is drawn in, the eye is drawn in, the ear is drawn in and the mind is drawn in.”



When, on the cessation of the two limiting adjuncts (i.e., the subtle and the gross bodies) and  the consequent absence of the modifications due to the adjuncts, the Jiva is in the state of deep sleep, merged in the self as it were, then it is said to be asleep.

Chhandogya Upanishad : -

“"When a man sleeps here, then my dear, he becomes united with the Sat; he is gone to his own self. Therefore, they say of him, ‘He sleeps (Svapiti), because he is gone to his own (Svamapiti)’."”


Swami Sivananda

To be continued  ...