Mundakopanishad : Chapter-1. Section-2. Mantram-13. Post -1. Swami Krishnananda

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17/04/2020.
Mundakopanishad
Chapter-1.
Section-2.
Mantram 13 : "Instructions to teachers on initiating fit students."
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Mantram:

"Tasmai sa vidvan-upasannaya samyak
prasanta-cittaya saman-vitaya,
yenaksharam purusham veda satyam
provaca tam tattvato brahma-vidyam."
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Translation :

"To that pupil who has thus approached him in a proper manner, whose mind is at rest and whose senses are subdued, let the wise teacher truely teach that Brahma Vidya ( Science of Brahmam ) by which true immortal Purusha is known."
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Discourse -

To such a sincere disciple who humbly approaches the Master with restrained mind, with no desires whatsoever, endowed with sama, dama and such qualities—sama is internal restraint, the restraint of the inner organs, and dama is external restraint, the restraint of the outer organs—and who is calm and quiet, composed in mind, when such a person approaches the Guru for the sake of that imperishable Purusha who is to be known, the Truth of all truths, the Guru speaks. What does he speak? He speaks the essentials of Brahma-Vidya: tattvato brahma-vidyam.

Now we are given some indication as to what this Brahma-Vidya is. Up to this point, it is some kind of introduction. We have been introduced into the essence of the Upanishad in all these passages that we have gone through up to this time. Now comes the real import of the Upanishad, which is supposed to be the teaching of the Guru to the sincere disciple.

The End.
Next - Chapter-2. Section-1. Mantram-1.
To be continued ...


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