MANDUKYA UPANISHAD : Chapter-1. "AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-4, Discussion-1.

04/12/2017

MANDUKYA UPANISHAD

Chapter-1.

"AGAMA PRAKARANA"
( The Scriptural Treatise )

Mantram-4

MANTRAM  INTRODUCES US TO THE DREAMER.

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Svapna-sthano-ntah-prajnah  saptanga

ekona-vimsati-mukhah  pravi-vikta-bhuk

taijaso  dvitiyah  padah.
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word by meaning : -

svapnah  sthanah = one who has dream state as one's field;

antah  prajnah = who is conscious of the internal;

sapta  angah = has seven limbs;

ekona  vimsati  mukhah = has nineteen mouths;

pravivikta  bhuk = experiencer of subtle objects;

taijasah = is taijasa;

dvitiyah  padah = the second quarter.

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The sum of Mantram : -
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{The second quarter ( pada ) is "Taijasa" whose sphere of activity is the " dream-state," who is conscious of the internal world of objects, who has seven limbs and nineteen mouths and who enjoys the subtle objects of the mental world.}
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Discussion-1.

"LIFE"  identified with the physical body, seeing through the ignorance of its "OWN REAL NATURE," percceives a world of sense-objects, and deluded by its "OWN FALSE PERCEPTIONS," experiences the " WAKING-STATE;" and in this act as a definite 'Personality' called the "VAISVANARA."

Now the same "LIFE  FORCE"  withdrawing its playful courtings in the external world identifies itself with the subtle body and thus creates a distinct personality called the " DREAMER" or the " TAIJASA."

The Taijasa has its own world of experiences in its dream.

The mantram under discussion is giving us "an exhaustive narration of the nature of the dreamer, his fields of activity and objects of enjoyment."

To be continued ...