MUNDAKOUPANISHAD 9 (ENDS) - 65. Swami Advayananda.

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Saturday 16, November 2024, 06:10.
6 Chapters (64 Mantras)
Here begins the second Section of the Third Canto. 
6. QUALITIES SEEN IN A SAGE 
(Mantras -54-64, 11 no.) 
64. Mantram - 6.11: Conclusion 
Post - 65.

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64. Mantram - 6.11: Conclusion 

tad etat satyam – That is the Truth (the conclusion). 

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rishih angiraah puraa uvaacha, = Thus did Rishi Angiraa in ancient times speak:  

2   

na etad acheerna = “No one who has not observed  

vratah adheete; = any vow (renunciation), is fit to study this. 

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namah parama rishibhyah, = Our salutations to the great Rishis! 

4

namah parama rishibhyah. = Our prostrations to the great Seers! 

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Tad Etat Satyam: For the 4th time in this book, we have these words in the text. The 

other references are in 2.1, 3.1 and 4.2. The emphasis is quite clear – that this Truth has 

been fully conveyed at the lower and the higher levels, as well as all the intermediate levels.  

1-2

 The Rishi compassionately tells us that unless we observe one or more of the six 

items listed in the previous Mantram: we will not have the spiritual fitness to study this text. 

There will not be the purity of mind needed to understand this scripture. If, after reading it, 

we still do not understand it, we should seek more purity, than find error in its author.  

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 The repetition of the last line is to indicate the end of the Upanishad. The choice 

of the line indicates how much reverence is accorded to one who imparts this knowledge to 

others. He truly protects this knowledge from being destroyed.

Thus, the Mundaka Upanishad ends, with the second Section of the Third Canto. 

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Continued

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know the self, know the self in Nature, know the self in Jiva, Further Oneness.

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