MUNDAKOPANISHAD : CHAPTER-3. SECTION-1. MANTRAM-3. { Annihilation of sorrow through God realization Continued ... }

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Guruvayur ( Thrissur Dist, Kerala ) Sri Krishna Temple.


MUNDAKA  UPANISHAD


 CHAPTER-3.


SECTION-1.


MANTRAM-3. { Annihilation  of  sorrow  through  God  realization  Continued  .....}


Yada  pasyah  pasyaye  rukma-varnam

kartaram-isam  purusham  brahma-yonim,

tada  vidvan  punya-pape  vidhuya

niranjanah  paramam  samyam-upaiti.



yada  =  when;

pasyah  =  seer;

pasyate  =  realizes;

rukma-varnam  =   { literature meaning -- of  the  golden  colour }  self-effulgent;

kartaram  =  the  maker;

isam  =  the  Lord,  the  ruler;

purusham  =  the  Supreme  Being;

brahma-yonim  =  { literature  meaning -- progenitor  of  Brahmas }  source  of  the  Creator;

tada  =  then;

vidvan  =  the  wise  one;

punya-pape  =  all  deeds  of  merits  and  demerits;

vidhuya  =  shaking  off;

niranjanah  =  stainless;

paramam  =  the  Supreme;

samyam  =  state  of  equipoise;

upaiti  =  attains.



"When  the  seer  realizes  the  self-effulgent  Supreme  Being  --the  ruler,  maker  and  source  of  the  Creator  even  --- then  that  wise  one,  shaking  off  all  deeds  of  merits  and  demerits,  becomes  stainless,  and  attains  the  Supreme  status  of  Equipoise."


Next : Discussion-1. "Discovering  the  Reality  behind  the  unreal ......."

To be continued  ....



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

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