Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter 1: Section 2.Mantram-8 & 9 : Swami Krishnananda

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26/10/2019
Mundaka Upanishad :
Chapter-1:
Section-2.
Mantram-8&9.
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Avidyayam antare vartamanah svayam
dhirah panditam manya-manah,
janghanya-manah pariyanti mudhah,
andhenaiva niyamana yathandhah (Chapter-1.Section-2.Mantram-8).

Sunk in ignorance of the true values of life, imagining that they are very intelligent, wise, they are really wiseacres.

Dhirah panditam manya-manah : These ritualists imagine that they know everything in the world, that they are omniscient, that they know what is good and that others do not know anything. Such is the astounding profundity of human ignorance.

Janghanya-manah : They suffer afterwards as a consequence of this ignorance.

Pariyanti mudhah : They go on circling round and round in metempsychosis.

Andhenaiva niyamana yathandhah : As a blind man can be led by a blind man, leading to no destination whatsoever, so these arguments of ritual and the promise of heaven in a world which is not going to be permanent, are based on ignorance.

Beware! This is the word of caution exercised to Upanishadic students of true spirit.
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Avidyayam bahudha vartamana
vayam krtartha ity abhi-manyanti balah,
yat karmino na pravedayanti ragat
tena-turah kshina-lokas cyavante (Chapter-1, Sections-2, Mantram-9):

Children with no understanding imagine that they have achieved everything that they can achieve.

“I am a king. I have performed so many Rajasuyas and Ashvamedhas. There is no opposition before me. I have conquered the whole world. I have annexed my kingdom.”

So are the vainglorious words and imaginations of a potentate. Tomorrow he shall not be there.
“Sceptre and Crown must tumble down, and in the dust be equal made.”

There is a poem called Death the Leveller by James Shirley. Sceptre and crown will tumble down, and the beggar and the king will be on the same bed. Such state of affairs will be ready to receive those people who imagine that they are greater than the law because they have got a lot of land and money and they are well received by the public. Public acclamation is no criterion of the greatness of a person.

To be continued ...
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