MANDUKYA UPANISHAD with GAUDAPADA’S KARIKA: 49 - Swami Advayananda.

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Monday 16, March 2025, 17.45.
MANDUKYA UPANISHAD 
GAUDAPADA’S KARIKA
Agama Prakarana – “The Scriptural Treatise”
GAUDAPADA’S KARIKA:  PART 4/4:   
ALAATA-SHANTI PRAKARANA (100 mantras): 
Quenching the Firebrand:
The Illusion of CAUSALITY  
Karika Section 4.6:   Mantras - 33-41 (9 No.) 
Mantram - 4.33: The Falsity of Dream – Space Limit   ((cf. Mantram 2.2) 
Post-49.

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Mantram - 4.33: The Falsity of Dream – Space Limit  

1 Sarve dharmaah mrishaa swapne, = All entities are unreal in dream, 

2 kaayasya antah nidarshanaat; = since they are seen within the body

3 samvrite asmin pradeshe vai,=  Within such a limited space indeed, 

4  bhootaanaam darshanam kutah.=  how is it possible to see (huge) creatures?  

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Mantram - 4.34: The Falsity of Dream – Time Limit   cf. Mantram: 2.2) 

1 Na yuktam darshanam gatvaa, = One does not travel to experience dream objects. 

2 kaalasya aniyamaat gatau; = the requisite time for the journey is insufficient. 

3 pratibuddhah ccf. ha vai sarvah, = Moreover, upon waking up, no one ever 

4 tasmin deshe na vidyate.= finds himself in the location of the dream. 

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Mantram: 4.35: The Falsity of Dream – Dream Transactions  (cf. Mantram: 2.3) 

1 Mitra aadyaih saha sam-mantrya,= after conversing with his friends, etc, 

 2 sam-buddhah na prapadyate; = on waking up he realizes its illusory nature. 

 3 griheetam cha api yat kinchit,= Moreover, whatever one acquires in dream 

 4 pratibuddhah na pashyati.= is not seen upon waking up. 

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Mantram - 4.36: The Falsity of Dream – Dream Objects (cf. mantram 2.3) 

1 Swapne cha avastukah kaayah, = Moreover the dream body is unsubstantial 

2 prithak anyasya darshanaat; = and different from the real body that is seen. 

3 yathaa kaayah tathaa sarvam, = As with the body, so with everything else – 

4 chitta-drishyam avastukam.=  everything that is cognized is unreal. 

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CAUSALITY IN DREAM & WAKING STATES: 

Causality normally links the dream state to the waking state. This is analysed logically in the rest of this section and is found not to exist. The aim of these verses is to show that there is no causality between the dream and waking experiences. 

From this initial conclusion on Causality, we arrive independently at the same major conclusion of Chapter 2 that said both these states are unreal.

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Next

Mantram-4.37: Common View: Waking Causes Dream 

Continued

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

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