Culture of Kumaun and Garhwal
Chhiddarvali mantra and Chhandogey Upnishad
छिद्दरवाली मन्त्र एवम छान्दोगेय उपनिषद
(Mantra, Tantra in Garhwal, Mantra Tantra in Kumaun, Mantra Tantra in Himalaya )
Bhishma Kukreti
Dr Vishnu Datt Kukreti a profound scholar of Nathpanth in Garhwal states that among Mantra and Tantra literature of Kumaun -Garhwal , chiddarvali/Chhidrvali has specific place in Garhwali culture and literature. The Ramnathi Nathpanthi literature Chhidravali manuscript has 72 pages and deals with various subjects as , philosophy , historical aspects animals, birds, weapons, seven oceans, numbers, medical curing about Chiddar disease by various herbal plants (jadi Booti) . chidarvali also mentions about social and economic corruption and their evilsome effects
There is mention of legendary personalities as Lunachmari, Kaluva Kaudi, Ganthiya Masan, Hanmant Beer, narsing Beer , Nadbud Bhairon, mata Kalanka , Sharada mata , Kaliya Lohar, Rupi luvani, Kankal Bhairon, Asht Bhairon and Gorakhnath
in this mantra, it is said that you should find your Guru yourselves. It clearly indicates that the Nathpanth belived on Upnishad principles that you should find your own Guru and there should not be family guru but individual own guru
उदागिरी कांठ जाण, उदागिरी ते जयागीरी जाण , जीयागिरी ते सीयागिरी जाण सिआगिरी ते लंका जाण ., लंका ते वेलन्का जाण .वेलंका तीलंका जाण , तीलंका ते चौलंका जाण , चौलंका ते हसराली (गुरु प्रदेश )..
There is a stanza about philosophy in Chhidarvali which has some similarity with shlokas of Chhandogey Upnishad
जल नई , थल नई , मेर नई, मन्दिर नई , गीरी नई , कबीलास नई , धरती नई अकास, माई नई बाप, उपजे सम्बू आपे आप , पैलो भये ऊंकार , उनकर को भये निरंकार, निरंकार को भये निरंजन . निरंजन को भयो आदिनाथ ........
There is same type of description of this Bramand in Chhandogey Upnishad as:
सदेव सोम्येदम्ग्न आसीदेक्मेवाद्वीतिय्म . तद्धैक आहुर्सदेवेद्ग्र आसीदेक्मेवाद्वीतिय्म तस्मादसत सज्जायेत
In my earlier I post I showed similarities between Garhwali Mantra with Vedic Mantra and this shows the linkage between Vedas, Upnishads with Garhwali Mantra Tantra
Ref: Dr Vishnu Datt Kukreti, Nathpanth : Garhwal ke Parpeksh men
Chhandogey Upnishad 6:2,1
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