Q412
What is the most important exhortation of the Upanishads ?
The most important exhortation is - "One must realize in this body itself, before death takes its toll, the Eternal Truth and the relationship between Man and that Truth. The Kathopanishad exhorts : "Uttishatatha Jagaratha Praapyavaraan Nibodhatha" (arise, awake, get initiated from the great).
(Prema Vahini, pg 101)
O LORD, TAKE MY LOVE
O Lord, take my love, and let it flow in fullness of devotion to Thee;
O Lord, take my hands, and let them work incessantly for Thee;
O Lord, take my soul, and let it be merged in One with Thee;
O Lord, take my mind and thoughts, and let them be in tune with Thee;
O Lord, take my everything, and let me be an instrument to work for Thee.