Location of Paramatman in heart
Narayana Shuktam ( Verse 8-16)
adho nistya vitas tyan te nabhyam uparitisthati /
hrdayam tad vijaniyad visvasya yatanam mahat(e) || 8 ||
"It should be known that the heart which is located at the distance of a finger span below the Adam's apple and above the navel is the great abode of the universe."
santatagm silabhistu lambatya kosasannibham /
hrdayam tad vijaniyad visvasyad yatanam mahat(e) || 9 ||
"The heart, like the bud of a lotus, is surrounded by arteries. In it there is a narrow space (susumna) wherein everything is supported."
tasya madhye mahan agnir visvacir visvato mukhah /
so'grabhug vibhajan tistham naharam ajarah kavih || 10 ||
"In the middle of that (space) burns a great fire which is eternal, all-knowing and has flames on all sides. It enjoys the food presented before the body and continues to consume it."
tirag urdhvam adhas sayi rasmayas tasya santata /
santa payati svam deham apada talamastakah || 11 ||
"The rays (of that fire) continually spread vertically and horizontally. It warms the body from the insole to the top of the head."
tasya madhye vahnisikha aniyordhva vyavasthitah /
nilato yad amadhyastad vidyullekheva bhasvara || 12 ||
"In the centre of that fire there is a fiery tongue which is the topmost of subtle things. It appears like a dazzling flash of lightning within a bluish rain-cloud."
nivara suk avattanvi pita bhasvat yanupama || 13 ||
"It is as slender as a blade of corn and serves as a comparison to illustrate."
tasya sikhaya madhye paramatma vyavasthitah /
sa brahma sa sivah sendrah so'ksarah paramah svarat (e) || 14 ||
"The Supersoul dwells in the middle of that flaming tongue. He is Brahma, He is Siva, He is Indra. He is indestructible, Absolute and supremely independent."
rtagm satyam param brahma purusam krishna pingalam /
urdhva retam virupaksam visvarupaya vai namo namah || 15 ||
"The Supreme Absolute Truth is a personality of a dark hue. He possesses supreme control of His senses and has beautiful eyes. I offer my obeisances unto that Universal Being."
narayanaya vidhmahe /
vasudevaya dhimahi /
tanno visnuh pracodayat(e) || 16 ||
"May we know Lord Narayana. May we meditate upon Lord Vasudeva. May Lord Vishnu impel us towards Him."
Sannyasa Suktam
(Maha-narayanopanisad 4.12)
om na karmana na prajaya dhanena tyagenaike amrtatvam anasuh /
parena nakam nihitam guhayam vibhrajate yad yatayo visanti /
vedanta-vijnana suniscatartha sannyasa yogad-yataya-suddha-sattvah /
te brahma-loke tu paranta-kale paramrtat-parimucyanti sarve /
dahram vipapam parame' sma bhutam yat-pundarikam pura-madhya sagmstham /
tatrapi dahram gaganam visokas-tasmin yad antas tad upasitavyam /
yo vedadau svarah prokto vedante ca pratistatah /
tasya prakrti-linasya yah para-sa mahesvarah //
One can achieve immortality in association with the Lord, not by ones own pious deeds, nor by the pious deeds of one's sons, nor by the accumulation of wealth, but only by renunciation of all enjoyment for oneself and offering everything to the Supreme Lord. This state of perfection, which is attained by the real sannyasis, is situated far beyond this world, and is difficult to reach for the ordinary man.
Those sannyasis, having realized the actual conclusion of the Vedas, having given up personal sense enjoyment for engagement in the Lord's service, and being completely free of the influence of the material modes, at the end of their lives become freed from the material world and enter that Vaikuntha realm.
There is a lotus situated within the body, in the middle of the heart, a place free from all suffering. It is the spiritual sky, free from all material contamination and lamentation. There resides the object of our worship.
He who is glorified at the beginning of the Vedas, and is firmly established at the end of the Vedas, who resides beyond the material sphere, who is second to none, He is the Supreme.
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