MANDUKYA UPANISHAD : Chapter-1. "AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-3, Discussion- 1.
13/04/2017
MANDUKYA UPANISHAD
Chapter-1.
"AGAMA PRAKARANA"
( The Scriptural Treatise )
Mantram-3
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Jagarita-sthano bahih prajnah saptanga
ekona-vimsati-mukhah sthula-bhuk
vaisvanarah prathamah padah.
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Jagarita-sthano : one whose field is waking state;
bahih prajnah : who is conscious of the external;
sapta angah : has seven limbs;
ekona vimsati mukhah : has nineteen mouths;
sthula-bhuk : experiencer of gross objects;
vaisvanarah : (is) vaisvanara;
prathamah : first;
padah ; quarter.
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The first quarter (pada) is Vaisvanara whose sphere of activity is the waking state, who is conscious of the external world of objects, who has seven limbs and ninteen mouths, and who enjoys the gross objects of the world.
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Discussion-1.
The unit of life is experience and experience consists of three main factors : -
1. the experiencer,
2. the experienced,
3. and the relation between the experiencer and the experienced, called the "experiencing".
To be continued .....
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