MUNDAKOPANISHAD : CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM-2.{ "Cessation of cycle of re-birth through desireless-ness." }

MUNDAKOPANISHAD

CHAPTER-3.

SECTION-2.

MANTRAM-2.{ "Cessation  of  cycle  of  re-birth  through  desireless-ness." }

"Kaman  yah  kamayate  manya-manah

sa  kamabhir-jayate  tatra  tatra,

paryapta-kamasya  krt-atmanas-tu

ihaiva  sarve  pravi-liyanti  kamah."

kaman  =  objects  of  desires;

yah  =  he  who;

kamayate  =  desires  ( wants );

manya-manah  =  brooding  over;

sah  =  he;

kamabhih  =  by  those  desires ( i.e,  for  their  satisfaction );

jayate  =  born;

tatra  tatra  =  here  and  there;

paryapta-kamasya  =  whose  longings  have  found  consummation  ( in  the  Atma );

krt-atmanah  =  who  have  realised  Self;

tu  =  but;

iha  =  here;

eva  =  even;

sarve  =  all;

praviliyanti  =  vanishes;

kamah  =  all  desires.

"Whoever  longs  for  objects  of  desire,  brooding  over  them,  they  are  born  here  and  there  for  the  fulfilment  of  those  desires."

"But  in  the  case  of  a  'Seer'   whose  longings  have  found  their  final  consummation  in  the  'Paramatma'   and  who  has  realised  the  Self  ( Paramatma ),  his  desires  vanish  here,  in  this  life."

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