Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-1. Mantram-10. Post - 16. Swami Krishnananda.

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Monday, November 16, 2020. 02 : 12. PM.
Mundakopanishad
Chapter 2:
Section 1,
Mantram- 10. Brahmam and the Universe are one,  Knowing Brahmam destroysthe knots of Ignorance.
Post - 16.

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Mantram-10 :

"Puruṣa evedaṁ visvam karma 

tapo brahma paramrparatam, 

etad yo veda nihitaṁ guhayaṁ 

so’vidya-granthim vikiratīha, saumya" 

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The whole cosmos is this Purusha only. We are seeing nothing but that in front of us. Karma tapo brahma parāmṛtam: Our actions, our austerities, our studies, and the fruits of our actions are all included in this vast manifestation. Puruṣa evedaṁ sarvam (P.S. 2). It is the Purusha Sukta speaking through the Upanishad, as it were.

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Etad yo veda nihitaṁ guhayam so’vidya-granthim vikiratīha, saumya : 

The Guru speaks, “My dear disciple, listen! Whoever knows this secret that I have been telling you all the while, in connection with the Atman which is the deepest reality of every individual and the deepest reality of the cosmos, whoever knows this correctly and lives it, such a person breaks the knot of ignorance.” 

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Avidyā-granthiṁ vikiratī : 

It tears it apart and scatters it into pieces. It scatters the knot of the ignorance which has caused us to believe that we are here as isolated individuals and the world is outside.

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Translation :

purusah  =  the purusa;
eva  =  alone;
idam  =  this;
visvam  =  all the Universe;
karma  =  karma (sacrificial works;
tapah  =  tapas (austerity ie knowledge);
brahma  =  ( all this is ) brahmam;
para martam  =  the highest and the immortal;
etat  =  this;
yah  =  he who;
veda  =  knows;
nihitam  =  seated in;
guhayam  =  in the cavity of the heart;
sah  =  he;
avidya grantim  =  knot of ignorance;
vikirati  =  unites;
iha  =  (even) here;
somya  =  O  good-looking youth.
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Tatvam (Essence) :


The Purusa alone is all this Universe ----  the sacrificial works ( Karma ) and austerities ( Tapas) O good-looking youth! he who knows the highest and immortal Brahmam  as seated  in the cavity of the heart, unites the knot of ignorance even here, in this very life."

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