MUNDAKA UPANISHAD - 9. Swami Advayananda.

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6 Chapters (64 Mantras)

Chapter-1.

Section-1.

1. THE ORIGINS OF KNOWLEDGE : (Mantras 1-9, 9 no.)

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Mantram 1.8: Tapas – the Forerunner of Creation..

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Mantram- 9 :

9: Thorough Knowledge – in Totality & in Detail (Summing up )

"Yah sarvajnah, sarva-vid,yasya jnaana-mayam tapah;
Tasmad-etad brahma naama, rupam-annam cha jaayate."

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Translation :

Yah sarvajnah, sarva-vid  =  That (Pure Consciousness), is aware of the Totality,and is the Knower of all the minutest details;

yasya jnaana-mayam tapah;  =  The nature of knowledge gets revealed through the intensity of one’s thought (austerity);

Tasmad-etad brahma naama, =   From the Tapas of Brahmaji (Ishwara), all name,

rupam-annam cha jaayate.  =   form and food are produced.

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Commentary :

1 The Creator has a thorough knowledge not only of the overall aspect of creation, but also every detail of its execution. This is the striking feature to be noted in creation. 

Sarvajna: indicates knowing from a bird’s eye view.

Sarvavit: indicates knowing all the specifics of every part of a project.

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Project Management Skill :

2 If we take any project of any worth even in the human sphere, such as construction of a highway, we see that first the entire concept has to be visualized, then it is put on paper to see what it is going to look like. Then every detail is designed using all the latest available 
knowledge in all disciplines. Then the design is put out to tender. A construction company then executes all the details as per the plan. In due course of time, the highway is completed and opened to traffic.

This procedure is what has been covered in these last two verses, in the briefest manner possible, as it is not the intention of the Upanishad to go into too much detail over  the ‘unreal creation’. It is just to introduce us to our greater purpose within creation.

This knowledge has to be thorough in all aspects, such as getting the right materials, the proper equipment, the manpower needed, the financial resources, the duration over which the project will be created, details of exactly when and how each item will be created.

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3-4 Indeed it would be hard to excel the Creator, Ishwara or Brahmaji, in project management skills; Brahmaji has to be the best C.E.O. in the universe! He does not draw a fat salary, but only expects us to follow the laws which He has laid down to use everything properly and take good care of them. 

iti mundakopanishadi, prathama mundake, prathamah khandah. = Thus in the Mundaka Upanishad, ends the first Section of the first Canto.

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Next- 2. A CLOSE LOOK AT RITUALS : (Mantras 10-22, 13 no.)

prathama mundake, dviteeyah khandah = Here begins the second Section of the first Canto.

To be continued ...

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