MANDUKYA UPANISHAD : Chapter-1. "AGAMA PRAKARANA" ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Mantram-4, Discussion-2.

14/12/2017

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-2.

2.1

While dreaming, though the dream is perfectly real to the dreamer, in fact, we all know that the dream world is nothing but a mental creation of the dreamer itself.

 During the waking-state while wxperiencing the world of sense-objects, the mind gathers impressions and during the dream, one part of the dreamer's mind observes the impression - chart in another portion of his own mind!

The dreamer or the Taijasa, therefore, enjoys the subtle world of objects because he is conscious only of the inner world.

Thus Taijasa has for its sphere of activity the world of dreams.

2.2

As regards the term "Seven Limbs" and "Nineteen Mouths" we have already discussed them exhaustively.

To be continued ...