MANDUKYA UPANISHAD with GAUDAPADA’S KARIKA: 14 - Swami Advayananda ji.

 

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Saturday, 23 Dec 2023. 06:10.

MANDUKYA UPANISHAD 

with Part 1/4 of GAUDAPADA’S KARIKA

Agama Prakarana – “The Scriptural Treatise”

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PART 1: Agama Prakarana (Mantras-29.)

THE SYLLABLES OF “OM”

Upanishad Section 3: 

Mantras - 8-12

Mantram - 10.  “U” – The Second Letter: TAIJASA

Mantram - 11: “M” – The Third Letter: PRAJNA

Post-14.

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Mantram - 10.  “U” – The Second Letter: TAIJASA

Its Representation:

1a sapnah sthaanah;  =  Having the dream state as its sphere,

1b taijasah; is Taijasa,  =  (the second Quarter);

1c u-kaarah dviteeyaa maatraa.  =  He is ‘U’, the second letter of Om.

Its Similarities:

2a utkarshaat; i)   =  its excellence or superiority,

2b ubhaya-tvaat vaa; ii)   =  and it being in between the other two.

Its Results:

3a utkarshati ha vai jnaana santatim;  =  i) He heightens to a superior knowledge,

3b samaanah cha bhavati; ii)  =  he becomes equal to all,

3c na asya abrahmavit kule bhavati;  =  iii) and none in his lineage remains ignorant.

4 yah evam veda.  =  One who knows thus, (gets the above result).

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Mantram - 11: “M” – The Third Letter: PRAJNA

Its Representation:

1a sushupta sthaanah;  =  Having the deep sleep state as its sphere,

1b praajnah; is Prajna,  =  (the third Quarter);

1c ma-kaarah triteeyaa maatraa.  =  He is ‘M’, the third letter of Om.

Its Similarities:

2a miteh;  =   i) it “measures” (the other two states);

2b vaa, apiteh.   =  ii) and in it all the states merge, get absorbed.

Its Results:

3a minoti ha vaa idam sarvam;   =  i) He is able to know the real nature of world;

3b apeetih cha bhavati;   =  ii) He comes to realize he is the Self of all.

4 yah evam veda.   =  One who knows thus, (gets the above result).

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Explanation of the Phala or Fruits

The overall main point to be stressed here is that the fruits for these three Quarters 

are meagre in comparison to the fruit of Turiya. Turiya is the ultimate goal of life, the 

supreme fruit of all spiritual Sadhana. The secondary fruits mentioned in these verses is for 

the sake of praising that Supreme Fruit indirectly

Any Upasana which will always be accompanied by its fruits. The fruits can be 

renounced, but that is a separate matter. Why are these fruits considered to be secondary? 

In any Upasana, a fruit is stated in order to encourage the person to do that 

Upasana. It is hoped that as the person progresses, his purity enables him to look beyond 

these limited fruits and aim for the infinite fruit of God-realisation. For this reason, these 

fruits are not to be over-emphasised for students of Vedanta.

One general fact about all the fruits is that they follow the lines of the ‘Similarity’ 

that precedes them in the verse. As is the similarity pointed out, so is the nature of the fruit.

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Next

Mantram - 12: ‘Amaatra’ – The Fourth Letter: TURIYA

To be continued

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