Gargi : daughter of Vachaknu & wife of Yajñavalkya; her dialogues with the Rishi appear in 6th & 8th Brāhmaṇas of the 3rd chapter of Brihadāranyaka Upanishad.
... "And the lunar worlds?" "In the regions of the stars." Gargi went on thus with her seemingly endless questions, but Yajnavalkya had to cry halt when he came to the world of Brahman. Yet Gargi asked him again, "And what contains this world of Brahman?" Thereupon Yajnavalkya exclaimed, "Your questions are now going beyond the limit, Gargi. You have been asking too much, and if you ask more, your... know." Yajnavalkya repeated exactly what the Gandharva had said. After Bhujyu it was the turn of Ushasti Chakrayana, who was followed by Kahola Kaushitakeya. And now there arose Gargi, the daughter of Vachaknu. Gargi began with the question, "Yajnavalkya, all this here is permeated by the waters. What then permeates the waters?" "The waters are permeated by air," said Yajnavalkya. "And what contains... appropriate answers." Yajnavalkya said, "Very well, try." Then Gargi said, "Can you tell me what is above the sky and what is below the earth, and what is in between the earth and sky?" To this Yajnavalkya replied, "That is called sutratman, He binds all from within as by a thread and puts everything on as it were; He is Brahman." This satisfied Gargi and she repeated her question to Yajnavalkya, - the very ...
... lunar worlds?" "In the regions of the stars." Gargi went on thus with her seemingly endless questions, but Yajnavalkya had to cry halt when he came to the world of Brahman. Yet Gargi asked him again, "And what contains this world of Brahman?" Thereupon Yajnavalkya exclaimed, "Your questions are now going beyond the limit, Gargi. You have been asking too much, and if you ask more, your head... know." Yajnavalkya repeated exactly what the Gandharva had said. After Bhujyu it was the turn of Ushasti Chakrayana, who was followed by Kahola Kaushitakeya. And now there arose Gargi, the daughter of Vachaknu. Gargi began with the question, "Yajnavalkya, all this here is permeated by the waters. What then permeates the waters?" "The waters are permeated by air," said Yajnavalkya. "And what... answers." Yajnavalkya said, "Very well, try." Then Gargi said, "Can you tell me what is above the sky and what is below the earth, and what is in between the earth and sky?" To this Yajnavalkya replied, "That is called sūtrātman , He binds all from within as by a thread and puts everything on as it were ; He is Brahman." This satisfied Gargi and she repeated her question to Yajnavalkya, - the ...
... Gargi still continued and asked again: "Upon what is Brahman woven?" To this Yajnavalkya cried halt and warned her: "Now, Gargi, your questioning goes too far, beyond the limits. If you question farther, your head will fall off. You are questioning about a thing that does not bear questioning ― mā ati prāk s ih ― anati praśnyā devatā ― the Gods abide not our question." So Gargi had to... perfectly to their full satisfaction. Towards the end a woman stood up, Gargi, a fair and famous name too. She said: Yajnavalkya, I shall put two questions to you like two arrows directed at you, even as a king shoots his arrows at his enemies; if you can meet and parry them, yours the victory. ― Yajnavalkaya: "Let me hear then". ― Gargi: "Yajnavalkya, you once said that the earth is the warp and woof ...
... Reality). Gargi still continued and asked again: "Upon what is Brahman woven?" To this Yajnavalkya cried halt and warned her: "Now, Gargi, your questioning goes too far, beyond the limits. If you question farther, your head will, fall off. You are questioning about a thing that does not bear questioning — ma atiprdkslh — anati prasnyd devatd —the Gods abide not our question." So Gargi had to desist... perfectly to their full satisfaction. Towards the end a woman stood up, Gargi, a fair and famous name too. She said: Yajnavalkya;, I shall put two questions to you like two arrows directed at you, even as a king shoots his arrows at his enemies; if you can meet and parry them, yours the victory. — Yajnavalkaya: "Let me hear then". — Gargi: "Yajnavalkya, you once said that the earth is the warp and woof woven ...
... reason and mental light can go only so far as that faculty can be reasonably stretched and not infinitely – to stretch it to infinity means to snap it. This is the warning that Yajnavalkya gave to Gargi when the latter started renewing her question ad infinitum. Yajnavalkya said, "If you do not stop, your head will fall off." ¹"Sharp as a razor's edge, difficult of going, hard to traverse is... no bigger than the thumb. Even if the mind is utilised as an instrument of knowledge, the heart must be there behind as the guide and inspiration. It is precisely because, as I have just mentioned, Gargi sought to shoot up – like "vaulting ambition that o'erleaps itself" of which Shakespeare speaks-through the mind alone to the highest truth that Yajnavalkya had to pull her up and give the warning that ...
... the reason and mental light can go only so far as that faculty can be reasonably stretched and not infinitely—to stretch it to infinity means to snap it. This is the warning that Yajnavalkya gave to Gargi when the latter started renewing her question ad infinitum. Yajnavalkya said, "If you do not stop, your head will fall off." 1 "Sharp as a razor's edge, difficult of going, hard to traverse... no bigger than the thumb. Even if the mind is utilised as an instrument of knowledge, the heart must be there behind as the guide and inspiration. It is precisely because, as I have just mentioned, Gargi sought to shoot up—like "vaulting ambition that o'erleaps itself" of which Shakespeare speaks—through the mind alone to the highest truth that Yajriavalkya had to pull her up and give the warning that ...
... equals, "digging" to reach the Sun hidden in the depths of Matter. Gargi, of the Upanishad times, is an example of educated woman of India. In the court of King Janaka of Mithila, when Rishi Yajnavalkya challenged the assembled learned men to beat him in debate, all those who tried had to concede defeat; then it was that Gargi took up the challenge, dared to stand up to the winner and matched argument ...
... summoned by King Janaka of Videha. The Upanishads contain other great names of teachers and pupils, such as Ashvala, Jarat Karava Artabhiga, Bhujyu Lahyayani, Ushasti Chakrayana, Kahoda Kaushitakeya, and Gargi Vachaknavi. We should also Page 59 mention Maitreyi, a learned wife of Yajnavalkya, who "was conversant with Brahman". One of the famous dialogues in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is between ...
... matter and substance. The Indian tradition speaks of sixty-four sciences and arts, and it catered to the education of women in such a liberal way that we still speak of great examples of Lopamudra, Gargi, and Maitreyi. In the courses of study, apart from the study of the Veda, which was in itself a great science and art of living, emphasis was laid on comprehensive training of all that could equip ...
... FAKIRS, 221, 223 Fascism, 253, 262 Flaubert, 88 France, 66, 193, 198, 205, 253, 284, 298 Francisco, 173-4 French Revolution, 103, 266, 274 Freud, Sigmund, 126 GANDHARVAS,26 Gargi, 5-6 Germany, 253 Ghcse, Prof. Manmohan, 230, 234 Gita, the, 7, 17, 24, 51, 53, 58, 73, 114, 117-18, 12In., 145, 149, 166, 180, 235, 239n., 274 Gloucester, 171-3 Goethe, 71, 88, 135-6 ...
... — He whose self has become all existences (for he has the knowledge), how shall he be deluded? He who sees everywhere oneness, whence shall he have grief? 8 Verily, O Gargi, at the command of the Imperishable the sun and the moon stand apart the earth and the sky stand apart the moments, hours, days, nights, fortnights, months, seasons, years ...
... Vajin and bore the Gandharvas, —Arvan and bore the Titans, —Ashwa and carried mankind. The sea was his brother and the sea his birth place."74 [vi] We shall next refer to a dialogue between Gargi, a woman-mystic and Yajnavalkya, one of the most reputed, and one of the rare mystics who had attained the realization of the integral Brahman, and who was also radical and even militant in the sharpness ...
... matter and substance. The Indian tradition speaks of sixty-four sciences and arts, and it catered to the education of women in such a liberal way that we still speak of great examples of Lopamudra, Gargi and Maitreyi . In the courses of study, apart from the study of the Veda, which was in itself a great science and art of living, emphasis was laid on comprehensive training of all that could equip ...
... summoned by King Janaka of Videha. The Upanishads contain other great names of teachers and pupils, such as Ashvala, Jarat Karava Artabhiga, Bhujyu Lahyayani, Ushasti Chakrayana, Kahoda Kaushitakeya, and Gargi Vachaknavi. We should also mention Maitreyi, a learned wife of Yajnavalkya, who 'was conversant with Brahman'. One of the famous dialogues in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is between Yajnavalkya and ...
... Rishis and Rishikas. The prominent names of Rishikas in the Rig Veda are: Romasha, Lopamudra, Apala, Kadru, Vishwavara. 2. The great names that we find in the Upanishads include: Uddalaka Aruni, Gargi Vachaknavi, Janaka, Narada, Pippalada, Prevahana Jairali, Mahidasa Aitareya, Maitreyi, Yajnavalkya, Raikwa, Saunaka, Satyakama Jabala, Sukeshin Bharadvaja. Page 30 learning, knowledge of ...
... highest awareness at the Mahatma's ashram in Wardha. I have had similar experiences when speaking to the senior officers at the Sarder Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad, science students at the Gargi College in Delhi, gathered intellectuals at the India International Centre in Delhi. I have felt the power of living the eternal message of the Bhagavad Gita on the battlefield in Kurukshetra. I have ...
... Basabi, 180 Dutt, R. C., II EKALAVYA, 193 Europe , 22 FRANCE , 12 GANDHARVAS,the,50 Ganges , the, 106, 150, 266,268, 286 Gargi,50 Gautama. 2.36 Page 311 Gita, the, 5, 38, 68, 112 Greece , 103 Gundari, 258 Gupta, Robi, 192 HAMLET ...
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