Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter 1: Section 2 : 1.
03/02/2019 Chapter 1: Section 2.1 Tad etat satyam mantreṣu karmani kavayo yany - apasyams tani tretayam bahudha santatani, tanya - caratha niyatam, satyakama esa vaḥ panthaḥ sukrtasya loke (1.2.1.). This is a different subject altogether. A mantram in the earlier Sloka-s told us that there are two types of knowledge, the lower and the higher. Rg-vedo yajur-vedaḥ sāma-vedo’tharva-vedaḥ śikṣā kalpo vyākaraṇaṁ (1.1.5) : The Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda are all lower knowledge. Higher knowledge is that great spiritual insight by which we come into direct contact with the Imperishable. This was told to us in earlier Sloka-s. Now some details are given as to what lower knowledge is. The mantras of the Veda are utilised in the performance of sacrifices, or yajnas. This is the secondary character of the Veda mantras. Veda mantras can be used as prayers to the Almighty God or as prayers to the divinities inhabiting heaven. That is one form of the utilisation o...