Mundakopanishad : Chapter-1. Section-2. Mantram-9. - Swami Krishnananda
======================================================================== ======================================================================= 30/11/2019. Mantram-s - 8 to 10 : Description of the sad state of knowledge-less ( devoid of Upasana ) ritualists- Mantram-9. ======================================================================= Mantram - (1.2.9): "Avidyayam bahudha vartamana vayam krtartha ity abhi-manyanti balah, yat karmiṇo na pravedayanti rāgāt tenāturāḥ kṣīṇalokāś cyavante." Translation : "Engrossed in the many ways of the ignorant, these people childishly think that they have gained the ends ( goal ) of life. But being subject to passions and attachment. they never attain Knowledge, and, therefore, they fall down wretched, when the fruits of their good deeds are exhausted." ====================================================================== Discussion : Children with no understanding imagine that they have achieved ever