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UPANISHAD MANDUKYA : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Mantram-s 1 to 9. Mantram-5 : Discussion-1

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24/11/2018 Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. Mantram : 5. "Trishu dhamashu yad-bhojyam bhokta yas-ca prakirtitah vedai-tad-ubhayam yashtu sa bhunjano na lipyate." trishu dhamashu - in the three planes of consciousness; yat bhojyam - that (which is) to be enjoyed; bhokta - the enjoyer; ca - and; yah prakirtitah - that who is known; veda - knows; ubhayam etat - both of them; yah - who; tu - indeed; sah - that (person); bhunjanah - while enjoying; na - not; lipyate - affected. " One who knows both the experiencer and the experienced, just as they have been described so far, as associating with the three states of consciousness, he is not at all affected even when he is experiencing (enjoying) the respective objects of the three states." Discussion-1. 1.1 Here we should not understand that a mere intellectual grasp of the three e