MUNDAKOPANISHAD : CHAPTER-3. SECTION-1. MANTRAM-2. { Annihilation of sorrow through God realization }

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Kedarnath Temple


MUNDAKA  UPANISHAD


 CHAPTER-3.


SECTION-1.


MANTRAM-2. { Annihilation  of  sorrow  through  God  realization }



Samane  vrkshe  puruso  nimagno-


nisaya  socati  muhyamanah,


justam  yada  pasyaty-anyam-isam-asya


mahimanam-iti  vita-sokah.


samane  =  in  the  same;

vrkshe  =  on  the  tree;

purushah  =  purushan;

nimagnah  =  is  sunk  in  ignorance;

anisaya   =  by  its  impotence;

socati  =  grieves;

( sah  =  he );

muhyamanah  =  being  deluded;

justam  =  the  worshipful;

yada  =  when;

pasyati  =  sees;

( tada  sah  =  then  he );

anyam  =  the  other;

isam  =  the  Lord;

asya  =  His;

mahimanam  =  glory;

iti  =  thus;

vita-sokah  =  free  from  dejection.



"Seated  on  the  self-same  tree,  ONE  ( one  bird  out  of  two )  of  them  ---  the  'EGO'  ---  sunk  in  ignorance  and  deluded,  grieves  for  his  impotence.  But  when  he  sees  the  other  (  other  bird  )   the LORD,  the  worshipful  ---  and  His  Glory,  he  becomes  free  from  dejection."


Next : Discussion-1. "A  flood  of  light  on  the  previous  mantram"

To be continued  ....




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