Hamsa

The Hansa Upanishad is a Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad. It is classified as one of the twenty Yoga Upanishads and attached to the Shukla Yajurveda. The Hansa Upanishad is structured as a disorganized medley of ideas, in the form of a discourse between Hindu sage Gautama and the divine Sanatkumara, on the knowledge of Hansa-vidya as a prelude to Brahmavidya. The text describes the sound of Om, its relation to Hansa, and how meditating on this prepares one on the journey towards realizing Paramahamsa. Several versions of the Hansa Upanishad exist, of which the Calcutta and Poona editions have been most studied. The layout and some verses vary, but the message is similar. The text is listed at number 15 in the serial order of the Muktika enumerated by Rama to Hanuman in the modern era anthology of 108 Upanishads. It is also called the Hansopanishad. The text opens with Gautama asking Sanatkumara to distil the knowledge of all Vedas for him. Sanatkumara states that Shiva pondered over the Vedas and answered the same question from Parvati. It is the knowledge of Yoga, the shrouded mystery of yogins, the path of the Hamsa, which he will share with Gautama. Sanatkumara states this knowledge is meant for those Yoga students who are self-restrained, have abandoned craving for the worldly pleasures and are devoted to learning from a Guru (teacher)

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