MANDUKYA UPANISHAD with GAUDAPADA’S KARIKA : 2. Swami Advayanandaji

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MANDUKYA UPANISHAD 

on the Series of 19 Lectures by Swami Advayanandaji


MANTRAS-12.

“It HOPS Like a FROG”

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022. 08:00.

MANDUKYA UPANISHAD 

With Part1/4 of Goudapada's Karika

Agama Prakarana - "The Scriptural Treatise"

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Invocatory Prayer of Upanishad

From: Atharvana Veda 

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Santhi Mantram withtranslation :

1 om bhadram karnebhih shrunuyaama devaah;  =  Om. What is always auspicious, with our ears may we hear, O ye Gods.

2 bhadram pashyema akshabhih yajatraah;     =  What is always auspicious, may we see  with our eyes, O Worshipful Ones.

3 sthiraih angaih tushtu-vaagam sah;        =  With our limbs hale and hearty, may we live offering our praises unto Thee. 

4 tanoobhih vyashema  devahitam yad aayuh.  =  With our body, may we have our  full lifespan (to live) for the benefit of the Gods.

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5 swasti nah indrah vriddha-shravaah;       =  May Indra, the ancient and famous, bless us!

6 swasti nah pooshaa vishwa-vedaah;         =  May the Sun (Pooshan), the all-knowing, bless us!

7 swasti nah taarkshyah arishtanemih;       =  May the Lord of Wind save us from all harm!

8 swasti nah brihaspatih dadhaatu.          =  May Brihaspati protect our spiritual wealth! 

9 om shantih! shantih! shantih!             =  Om Peace ! Peace !! Peace!!!

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INVOCATORY PRAYERS of BHASHYA ( Explanation }

From: The Bhashyakara, Sri Shankaracharyaji with translation :

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1 prajnaana amsha  prataanaih sthira-chara-nikara, vyaapibhih vyaapya lokaan;  =  That Viswa, a diffusion of unchanging Consciousness, by which is experienced (in the waking state) all that moves or does not move; by which is pervaded all levels of the human being;

2 bhuktvaa bhogaan thavishthaan, punah api dhishanah, udbhaasitaan-kaama-janyaan;  =  That Taijasa which is the enjoyer of objects again and again (in the dream state),  produced by the intellect, and born of desire;

3 peetvaa sarvaan-visheshaan, swapiti madhura-bhung, maayayaa bhojayan nah;  =  That Praajna, having drunk all varieties of objects, then in the deep sleep state enjoys pure Bliss, all the while through Maya being shielded from us;

4 maayaa-samkhyaa-tureeyam,  param-amritam-ajam, brahma yat-tannatosmi.  =  That “Fourth”, as termed from Maya’s viewpoint, is supreme, immortal and birthless – to That Brahman do I bow down!

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B. From the Cosmic or Universal Viewpoint with translation :

5 yo vishwaatmaa vidhija-vishayaanpraashya bhogaan thavishthaan;  =  That Virat which identifies Itself with the universe, and enjoys gross objects during cosmic waking  created by the Karma of virtue and vice;

6 pashchaat chhaanyaan, swam-ativibhavaan, jyotishaa svena sookshmaan;  =  That Hiranyagarbha which again experiences through its own light, by Its own volition,  the subtle objects of enjoyment in cosmic dream;

7 sarvaan-etaan, punah api shanaih, swaatmani sthaapayitvaa;  =  That Ishwara which, all these projections It once again promptly withdraws into Itself during cosmic sleep;

8 hitvaa sarvaan-visheshaan, vigatagunaganah, paatvasau nah tureeyah.  =That Brahman which, freed from all attributes by discarding every distinction and difference – May That “Enlightened State” ever protect us!

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Next-
THE MEANING OF “OM”
Upanishad Section 1: Verses 1-6
To be continued

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know the self, know the self in Nature, know the self in Jiva, Further Oneness.

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