Thread by @DefiledGod

-- Vamadeva's Hymn --

Beauty of śarīra-śarīri sambandha between the self and Brahman is that "I" denotes your innerself, equated to the innerself of other entities as well as directly to Brahman, enabling blissful anubhava of equating oneself to all entities+

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This is demonstrated by the following pasuram of Nammazhwar:

kadal gyālam seydhenum yāne ennum kadal gyālam āvenum yāne ennum kadal gyālam koṇdenum yāne ennum kadal gyālam kīṇdenum yāne ennum (Thiruvaimozhi 5.7.1)+

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[I created this world, I entered it, by pervading them, I became the sentient and insentient entities, I then protect them. I uplifted the Earth as Varāha from the waters, and I placed the worlds all in my stomach and protected them at the time of deluge.]+

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Azhwar by "I", refers to his innerself only. As does Thirumangai Azhwar:

vadavarai ninum vandhu inu kaṇapuram idavagai koḻvadhu yām (~Periya Thirumozhi)

[I descended from atop Tirumala & settled down here in Thirukannapuram]

Prahlada in Viṣṇu Purāṇa says:+

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mattaḥ sarvam ahaṃ sarvaṃ mayi sarvaṃ sanātane aham evākṣayo nityaḥ paramātmātmasaṃśrayaḥ brahmasaṃjño 'ham evāgre tathānte ca paraḥ pumān+

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[Prahlada: I am all things, all things are in me, who am everlasting. I am indestructible, unchanging, the refuge of the self. “Brahma” is my name; the supreme being, that is before all things, that is after the end of all.]+

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Like all these personalities, a famous rishi, Vāmadeva had such realization. Let us look at his statements from Aitreya Upanishad and Rig Veda. First the Upanishad+

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garbhe nu sannanveṣāmavedamahaṃ devānāṃ janimāni viśvā śataṃ mā pura āyasīrarakṣannadhaḥ śyeno javasā niradīyamiti garbhe evaitacchayāno vāmadeva
evamuvāca (~ Aitreya Upanishad)+

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[I learned about the full set of births (and deaths) of the devas when I was in my mother’s womb. The 100 strong cities made of iron (sturdy bodies) preserved me from release from the bonds of karma..]+

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[...I sped downward like Garuda in chase of nectar with my own Sakti and came out of the womb of my mother -- thus spoke Vāmadeva].

Like Nammazhwar, this rishi had knowledge in the womb. Let us look at his Rgveda hymns now+

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aham manur abhavaṃ sūryaś cāhaṃ kakṣīvāṃ ṛṣir asmi vipraḥ |
ahaṃ kutsam ārjuneyaṃ ny ṝñje 'haṃ kavir uśanā paśyatā mā ||+

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[I was Manu, the Sun and the Rṣi Kakṣīvān, the seer of mantra. I (as Indra) subdued Kutsa son of Arjuni. I am Uśanā acquainted with ethics. Behold me (my innerself who possesses such glory)].

This is same realization - "I" & name of each entity refers to innerself+
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aham bhūmim adadām āryāyāhaṃ vṛṣṭiṃ dāśuṣe martyāya |
aham apo anayaṃ vāvaśānā mama devāso anu ketam āyan ||+

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[I (as Veda) bestow Brahman, the ground of all being, on the wise and rain (alpa puruṣārthās) for embodied selves who make offerings (Vedic sacrifices). I (as Veda) guide the roaring waters (the pancabhūtās and their guṇās), the gods move according to my will]+

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aham puro mandasāno vy airaṃ nava sākaṃ navatīḥ śambarasya |
śatatamaṃ veśyaṃ sarvatātā divodāsam atithighvaṃ yad āvam ||+

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[I (as Indra), delighting (in the strength of Vishnu), destroyed the 99 sturdy bodies of asurās belonging to the Dānava Sambara, and also the hundredth body (Sambara), in entirety, favoring Divodāsa Atithighva, father of Pratardana.]+

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Sabha Parva states that Indra killed 99 Asurās - "yena śakro dānavānāṃ jaghāna navatīrnava". Their bodies were sturdy like forts. Divodāsa Atithighva is the father of Pratardana, the latter fought in that battle and attained svarga as per Kauṣitaki Upanishad+

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Vāmadeva goes on to praise Garuda, but we will skip those. Just wanted to point out the greatness of this type of meditation called ahamgrahopāsaṇa, practiced by all knowers of Brahman.//

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