MANDUKYA UPANISHAD with GAUDAPADA’S KARIKA : 8 - Swami Advayananda ji.

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Wednesday, 11 Oct 2023. 06:45.

MANDUKYA UPANISHAD 

with Part 1/4 of GAUDAPADA’S KARIKA

Agama Prakarana – “The Scriptural Treatise”

PART 1: Agama Prakarana (Mantras-29. )

Kar. Section 1.1: EXPERIENCE & ENJOYMENT (Mantras 1-5) 

Commentary on Mantras 1-5 of Mandukya Upanishad

Mantram - 5: The Third Pada – Deep Sleep Consciousness(Vyashti)

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Mantram - 5: The Third Pada – Deep Sleep Consciousness(Vyashti)

1

yatra suptah, na kashchana  =  i) In that sleep state, not for anything

kaamam kaamayate;  =   desirable does one have any desire;

2

na kashchana swapnam pashyati   =  ii) Not the slightest trace of dream does it see

tat sushuptam;  =  in that state of deep sleep.

3

sushupta-sthaana ekee-bhootah  = iii) In the sphere of deep sleep, there is just one

prajnaana-ghanah eva;  =  “homogenous mass of consciousness” alone;

4

anandamayah; hi anandabhuk  =  iv) It is full of Bliss; in it, Bliss is all there is to be enjoyed;

chetah mukhah;  =  It is, as it were, the very bottle-neck of Potential.

5 

praajnah triteeyah paadah.   =  Such is the third quarter called PRAJNA.

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5 

This is the Third Quarter of Consciousness named PRAJNA, and is associated with 

the individual causal body. It is at the helm of the other two, which have doorways to and 

from it. As per the block on page 12-13, we restrict ourselves to Prajna, the individual causal 

Consciousness whose sphere is the deep sleep state, and do not extend our discussion at 

this stage to Ishwara, the universal causal Consciousness. We are dealing with an individual

sleeper; we are not dealing with cosmic Pralaya when the whole universe goes to sleep!

The description of the deep sleep state can only be given in relation to the two

previous quarters. From the table on page 10, we note that deep sleep is differentiated

from the other two states by the experience of Duality, Dream, and Desire – none of these 

are present in deep sleep. Only the ‘blanket’ of Ignorance is present in this state.

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#The Deep Sleep State:

There are four unique features that apply to the deep sleep state. They are taken up 

in each Pada of the mantram:

1 i) Kaamayate: 

There being no desire in deep sleep, the state is clearly 

differentiated from waking and dream, in both of which there is rampant desire.

2 ii) Swapnam: 

There being not a trace of dream obviously differentiates it from the 

dream state, as well as from the imagination of the waking state, which is “day-dreaming”.

3 iii) Ekee-Bhootah Prajnanaghana: 

Deep sleep is a state where one experiences 

only one thing – namely, a “homogenous mass of consciousness”. This differentiates it from 

the other two which have Duality roaring in them. However, it has to be noted that this 

absence of Duality is not to be mistaken as being Non-duality! It only means that the state is 

free from the experience of any diversity and restless activity. It is experienced in ignorance 

of one’s real nature. On getting up from sleep, we do not feel we have gained any new 

knowledge. In that sense, sleep is an inert state of experience, the only gain being a good, 

satisfying rest – or a terrible nightmare!

Desires and hidden tendencies merely remain dormant in sleep. On awakening, they 

resume lordship over us. They are only covered by the blanket of sleep, not eliminated. The 

restless motion of the mind gets, so to say, solidified during deep sleep. It is as though our 

consciousness has ‘frozen’. This is another way of describing the absence of Duality.

4 iv) Anandamaya: 

“full of Bliss”. Sleep is far from being a state full of Bliss; yet it is 

jolly close to it! All the conditions appear to be ripe for a blissful experience to take place. 

The mind is not there to disturb us; the senses are not there to tickle us; objects are not 

available to tempt or taunt us. What then stops us from being enlightened in sleep? It is the 

veil of Ignorance that still sits as a shroud between our mind and the Infinite Atman.

One appears to be at the threshold of realisation, but the doorway to it is kept 

tightly shut by Avidya. We are obstructed from having direct knowledge of the Self. An 

example to describe this is to compare it to entering a beautiful city at night when there is a 

general power failure. Everything is there for our eyes to feast on, but Darkness prevents us 

from seeing them!

Ananda-Bhuk: 

Rest gives one great relief. We feel greatly rejuvenated and refreshed 

after a good sleep. Bliss is experienced by a sleeping man purely due to being free from the 

captivity of his mind. The enjoyment is due only to freedom from the mind’s tyranny. We

have temporary relief from our restless mind, and that relief is relished in sleep. It makes 

the sleeper experience some measure of joy, the joy that is really the absence of sorrow. 

This Pada is a “post-mortem” of the experience of joy during sleep. Acharyaji told us 

that while asleep, there is not even the feeling of having an experience, let alone the 

thought of it. It is only in retrospect, when the mind returns, that the experience gets

‘thoughtified’ and verbalized. 

Cheto-mukhah: 

“doorway of experience”. There are three meanings for this term:

i) it is the doorway to the experience of the waking and dream states; or

ii) it is the doorway for the consciousness to enter those two states; or 

iii) to return from those two states. 

The ticks and crosses in the table on page 10 indicate the presence or absence of 

four sets of factors. Such an analysis is called Anvaya-Vyatireka, an analytical tool to 

determine which condition prevails all the time and which part of the time. The most 

significant result is that the Self or Atman persists at all times in all the four states.

Duality, Dream and Desire are absent only in deep sleep, and so differentiate it from 

the other two states. Gross body objects, Senses and Intellect are present only in the waking 

state, and so differentiate it from the other two states. Non-duality, Atman and Knowledge

are the only items present in Turiya, and so differentiate it from all the other three states.

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Next

Mantram - 6: The Third Pada – The Causal Consciousness (Samashti)

To be continued

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###OPINION : PEOPLE OF BHARATHAM POSITIVE :

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1. SANATANA DHARMA, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HINDUISM IS ETERNAL, WHOLE UNIVERSE IS EXISTING IN THIS TRUTH

2.  EVER  EXISTING

3.  THERE IS NO SPACE FOR ADHARMA

4. ALL DEMONIC ELEMENTS DEMOLISHED BY DHARMA

5. SO NO QUESTION EVIL ASURIC DEMONIC FRAGMENT'S BARKING, THEY WILL BE   ULTIMATELY BURNED AND DESTROYED BY NATURE.

6. PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS DIVINE AND SUPREME, ALL OTHERS MEANINGLESS

7. NATURE IS ABOVE ALL, EVER EXISTING, ALL OTHERS MEANINGLESS.

8. THE CONTENT OF SO CALLED HOLY BOOK IS NO HOLY AT ALL, AS IT PREACHES HATRED AND DESTRUCTION OF OTHER MANKIND, RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS AND LIES OF UNCIVILIZED MATERIALS

9. CHRISTIANITY IS EQUALLY DEMONSTRATED CRUELTY, THE SO CALLED HOLY BOOK FULL OF LIES

10. BOTH  ARE NOT RELIGIONS BUT SAMPRADAYA (ILLITERATE MAN MADE, NOT BASED ON DHARMA

11. THE CULTURE OF BHARATHAM BASED ON UPANISHADS AND FULL OF  REALISATION TEXTS ARE PRODUCED BY GREAT RISHIS OF BHARATHAM

12. IN THIS MATERIALISTIC DESTRUCTIVE MINDED UNIVERSE, NO RELIGIONS COMPARABLE OR ABOVE SANATANA DHARMA OF BHARATHAM.

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Opinion : 

1. Congress, a donkey  party, its so called day dreaming stupid leader rahul vinci, rahul gandi, frequent visit to foriegn countries, to abuse PM of this Nation, and Sanatana Dharma -exeeded all limits this time, his party and his family to be "condemned" and kicked away from politics, people should awake and realise the danger.

2. Congress & Communists destroyed this holy Nation Sanatana Dharama, The imported stupid secularism degenerated this Nation Ancient Culture and Civilisation

3. Till 2014 nation was ruled by corrupt idiots,and all regions too, Dynasty rule dominated than Nation intrests.

4. Brushing away main stream population sides and muslims and christians become political parties vote banks.

5. Communists openly abused  our ancient culture, upanishads,Ramayana, Mahabharatham, Bhagavtham and daites.

6. The communists  next donkey group, latest stunt of America visit and the comedy programme namely kerala sabha!? these buggers detroyed Kerala in all and joining with radical islam soon they will be eliminated, people of Kerala get up from donkey thoughts, otherwise kerala shrink to extinct in all way

7. Communists are danger to our civilisation, their lunatic theories disappered through out the world, Time has come crush them, and eliminate them from our nation, they are danger to this holy nation.

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NOTE:

1. POLITICIANS ( THOSE IGNORANT AND DEMONIC NATURED) ARE NOT THE AUTHORITY TO OPEN THEIR UGLY FOUL MOUTH AND UTTER NONSENSE UPON SANATHANA DHARMAM.

2. THE NONSENSE COMMENDY ALLIANCE ARE NOT THE AUTHORITY ON SANATHA DHARAMAM.

3. DK,DMK. AIADMKA AND ALL NONSENSE POLITICIANS BEWARE YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY  WASHED OUT SOON.

4. COMMUNISTS  AND CONGRESS ARE THE ENEMY TO MANKIND DESTROY THEM.

5.ALL SANATHANA DHARAMAM FOLLOWERS (WHICH EVER YOUR POLITICAL INTEREST BE :YOUR POLITICAL MINDSET) TAKE A OATH THAT YOU STAND AGAINST ALL EVIL MINDSET AGAINST SANATHANA DHARMAM!!!

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######6. CRUSH THE ANTI NATIONAL ELEMENTS SUCH AS CONGRESS, COMMUNISTS, LEFT LIBERALS, URBAN NAXALS, TAMILNADU REGIONAL ANTI NATIONAL CUM ANTI SOCIAL POLITICAL PARTIES (DK,DMK,AIADMK, ALL SILLY SELF APPOINTED CASTE GROUPS), NEVER ALLOW THESE BUGGERS RAISE THER VOICE/HEADS. CRUSH THEM UNDER YOUR FEET.

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JAI HIND

JAI BHARATHAM

VANDHE MADHARAM

BHARAT MATHA KI JAI.

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