MUNDAKOPANISHAD : CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM-1. { Desireless men get liberated by worshipping "A Knower of Brahmam" }

MUNDAKOPANISHAD

CHAPTER-3.

SECTION-2.

MANTRAM-1. { Desireless  men  get  liberated  by  worshipping  "A Knower  of  Brahmam" }

"Sa   vedaitat    paramam   brahma   dhama

yatra   visvam   nihitam   bhati   subhram,

upasate  purusham   ye   hyakamah

te   sukram-etad-ativartanti   dhirah."

sah   =   he  ( the  man  of  Self-Realisation );

veda   =   knows;

etat   =  this;

paramam   =   the  Supreme;

brahma   =   the   Brahmam;

dhama   =   the  basis;

yatra   =   on  which;

visvam   =   the   world;

nihitam   =   rests,  fixed;

bhati   =   shines;

subhram   =   pure,   radiant;

upasate   =   serve,  worship;

purusham   =   that  man  of  discrimination;

ye   =   those   who;

hi   =   verily;

akamah   =   without  any  desire;

te   =   they;

sukram   =   the  seed  (  i.e,  the  human  birth );

etat   =   this;

ati-vartanti   =   go  beyond;

dhirah   =    the  wise  men,  men  of  discrimination.

"The  man  of  Self-realisation  knows  the  Supreme  Brahmam  on  whom  the  world  is  based,  and  who  shines  radiantly."

"And  those  men  of  discrimination,  who  without  any  worldly  desire  are  devoted  to  such  persons,  go  beyond  all  chances  of  Rebirth"*

* Ref :- Kathopanishad-1.2.1.

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To be continued  ....