Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-1. Mantram-2. Post -3. Swami Krishnananda

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Wednesday, May 27, 2020.
Mundakopanishad
Chapter 2:
Section 1,
Mantram-2. The Absolute nature of Brahamam.
Post-3
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Mantram-2.

"Divyo hy amurtah purushah sabahyabhyantaro hy ajah
aprano hyamanah subhro hy-aksharat paratah parah."     
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Translation :

divyah = self-resplendent;
hi = verily
amurtah = formless;
purushah = Purusha ( Brahmam);
sabahya-bhyantaro = (that all- pervading Being) is both within and without;
hi = verily;
ajah = unoriginated;
apranah = (anterior to) without life;
hi = verly;
amanah = without mind;
sah = he;
subrah = pure;
hi = veril;
aksharat = from the indestructible;
paratah parah = He transcends even the transcendent.
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The Essence :

"Self-resplendent, formless, unoriginated and pure, that all pervading Being is both within and without. Anterior both to life and mind, He transcends even the transcendent, unmanifested, causal-state of the universe."   
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Discourse :

It was said that from that Imperishable Being, everything proceeds; the world is created by That. That Supreme Imperishable is the divine, formless Purusha. Here, Purusha is to be understood in the sense of essential Consciousness.

The origin of all things is Consciousness. It presupposes all thoughts, all actions, and all types of awareness of objects. Even to think, there must be consciousness behind the thought. Even when we assert or deny a thing, consciousness is behind the act of affirmation and denial.

If we totally doubt and become a confirmed agnostic or atheist, even in that act of our agnosticism or atheism there is a consciousness of our being such a thing. Even if we say nothing exists, there is a consciousness that affirms that nothing exists; therefore, something exists.

That something is the consciousness of even the denial of all things. Such is the Purusha, which is the Supreme Consciousness.
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Next : Mantram - 3.
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