When these five entities who comprise Prana or Life bless a person who recognizes their true worth and is aware of the relationship between his individual self with them and their closer relationship with Brahman (the God), then the person attains salvation. Gita too confirms this when it says that only such a person attains to wisdom and becomes one with God. The same is being said in this verse from Svetasvatara Upanishad:
I.7. This has been sung as the supreme Brahman and in it is the triad. It is the firm support, the imperishable. The knowers of Brahman by knowing what is the rein become merged in Brahman, intent thereon and freed from birth.
I.8. The Lord supports all this which is a combination of the mutable and the immutable, the manifest and the unmanifest. And the soul, not being the Lord, is bound because of his being an enjoyer. By knowing God is freed from all fetters.
This explicitly says that all animate and non-animate beings are supported by a combination of the manifest and the unmanifest, mutable and the immutable. This is the true definition of triad from a Hindu scripture. The Non-Manifest (Nirakar) created a Manifest (the Saakar) and bestowed a great deal of His powers on the Manifest. The Manifest will be of two distinct types - mutable and immutable. Mutable and immutable can be understood by the fact that while the Devatas are created from light and are responsible for all the creation, there will be time when these Devatas will take birth on earth, in the form of humans, to show us the true path to worship the Non-Manifest Absolute God and attain salvation. Both mutable and immutable comprise the Manifest state. This is the true concept of triad. This triad supports all living and non-living things in the cosmos. It is this triad which is imperishable. Those who elevate themselves and attain union with this triad themselves become imperishable. They become merged in Brahman and get freed from rebirth.
I.9. There are two unborn ones, the knowing and the unknowing, the all-powerful, the other powerless. Indeed there is one who is unborn, connected with the enjoyer and the objects of enjoyment. And there is the infinite self, of universal form, non-active. When one finds out this triad, that is Brahman.
The same concept of the mutable and the immutable described above is talked about here in another manner. Devatas are eternal and thus unborn. They are all powerful, all knowing. But the same devatas, when they would take birth as human beings, will become connected with the enjoyer and the objects of enjoyment. In their human state, they are the unknowing and powerless.
The Devatas - be it in their heavenly state or in their state as humans living on earth - together comprise the Manifest Self. In their birth on earth as humans, these Devatas will be prone to all physical pains and pleasures and hence it is said: “connected with the enjoyer and the objects of enjoyment.” Those who have doubts regarding the Devatas being imperishable and eternal should read the Puranas, some of which mention the various names by which these Devatas were known in previous creations. A Purana states that this is the 994th creation and in all previous creations, the same Devatas were the torchbearers and guides.
I.12. That Eternal which rests in the self should be known Truly. There is nothing beyond this to be known by knowing the enjoyer, the object of enjoyment and the mover; everything has been said. This is the Threefold Brahman.
This also says that the ultimate aim is to know the Eternal God. Devatma-Sakti as referred by Radhakrishnan ceaselessly works to attain that objective, whether in noor or light state or present on earth as human beings. Everything has been said and there is nothing that is to be said apart from this relationship of ours with the Absolute Brahman, through the path shown by the devatas when they come to live on earth and through the help of Divine Self (the devatma-sakti). This alone is the Threefold Brahman.
I.7. This has been sung as the supreme Brahman and in it is the triad. It is the firm support, the imperishable. The knowers of Brahman by knowing what is the rein become merged in Brahman, intent thereon and freed from birth.
I.8. The Lord supports all this which is a combination of the mutable and the immutable, the manifest and the unmanifest. And the soul, not being the Lord, is bound because of his being an enjoyer. By knowing God is freed from all fetters.
This explicitly says that all animate and non-animate beings are supported by a combination of the manifest and the unmanifest, mutable and the immutable. This is the true definition of triad from a Hindu scripture. The Non-Manifest (Nirakar) created a Manifest (the Saakar) and bestowed a great deal of His powers on the Manifest. The Manifest will be of two distinct types - mutable and immutable. Mutable and immutable can be understood by the fact that while the Devatas are created from light and are responsible for all the creation, there will be time when these Devatas will take birth on earth, in the form of humans, to show us the true path to worship the Non-Manifest Absolute God and attain salvation. Both mutable and immutable comprise the Manifest state. This is the true concept of triad. This triad supports all living and non-living things in the cosmos. It is this triad which is imperishable. Those who elevate themselves and attain union with this triad themselves become imperishable. They become merged in Brahman and get freed from rebirth.
I.9. There are two unborn ones, the knowing and the unknowing, the all-powerful, the other powerless. Indeed there is one who is unborn, connected with the enjoyer and the objects of enjoyment. And there is the infinite self, of universal form, non-active. When one finds out this triad, that is Brahman.
The same concept of the mutable and the immutable described above is talked about here in another manner. Devatas are eternal and thus unborn. They are all powerful, all knowing. But the same devatas, when they would take birth as human beings, will become connected with the enjoyer and the objects of enjoyment. In their human state, they are the unknowing and powerless.
The Devatas - be it in their heavenly state or in their state as humans living on earth - together comprise the Manifest Self. In their birth on earth as humans, these Devatas will be prone to all physical pains and pleasures and hence it is said: “connected with the enjoyer and the objects of enjoyment.” Those who have doubts regarding the Devatas being imperishable and eternal should read the Puranas, some of which mention the various names by which these Devatas were known in previous creations. A Purana states that this is the 994th creation and in all previous creations, the same Devatas were the torchbearers and guides.
I.12. That Eternal which rests in the self should be known Truly. There is nothing beyond this to be known by knowing the enjoyer, the object of enjoyment and the mover; everything has been said. This is the Threefold Brahman.
This also says that the ultimate aim is to know the Eternal God. Devatma-Sakti as referred by Radhakrishnan ceaselessly works to attain that objective, whether in noor or light state or present on earth as human beings. Everything has been said and there is nothing that is to be said apart from this relationship of ours with the Absolute Brahman, through the path shown by the devatas when they come to live on earth and through the help of Divine Self (the devatma-sakti). This alone is the Threefold Brahman.
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