Mundakopanishad : Chapter-2. Section-2. Mantram-8 & 9.Post - 23. Swami Krishnananda.

 

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Saturday,  February 27, 2021. 08:54. PM.
Mundakopanishad
Chapter 2:
Section 2,
Post - 23.

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Capter-II.
Sectuion -2.
Mantram-8 : Fruits of Realisation of Brahmam. &  9. Self-effulgent Brahmam.

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Mantram - (2.2.8): 

"Mano-mayah prana-sarira-neta 

pratinhito’nne hrdayah sannidhaya."

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In anna, which is the physical body, in prana, which is the subtle vibration inside, and in manas, which is the mind, it is fixed and it is operating. Tad vijñanena paripasyanti dhira? ananda-rupam am?ta? yad vibhati: When this glory is beheld within oneself, it manifests itself as bliss. What kind of experience do we have when we contact God? Bliss is the experience. Ananda is the joy that accrues by contact with the Supreme Being. This ananda is not like the ordinary sense pleasures with which we are accustomed here. Sense pleasure is not a real joy. Even mental contemplation of aesthetic objects cannot be regarded as the highest joy. This world cannot give us the highest joy, because our joys of the world are entangled in the heavy material of objectivity. Thus, Brahman bliss is quite different and inconceivable, and its subtlety and magnitude have been illustrated in that calculus of bliss we have in the Taittiriya Upanishad, where it says that all the kinds of bliss that we can imagine in our mind are lower, and it is all multiplied by hundreds and hundreds in ascending series until we reach an octillion multiplied state, as it were, where we reach Brahman’s quality.

Actually, an octillion is not the end of this calculus. There is no end to it. It is infinity, but because we have to calculate and end somewhere, we end it with some particular statement; but actually, any amount of multi-plication of sensory pleasure cannot give us Brahman bliss. Many untruths do not make one truth. Even if we multiply untruth by millions, does it become one truth? Likewise, this untruth of the pleasures of sense that we have in this world will not give us Brahman bliss by any amount of calculus or multiplication. It is ananda, pure and simple, Sat-Chit-Ananda combined, pure universal Existence, inseparable Consciousness, and undiluted Bliss. All the knots of the heart are broken at one stroke when this experience supervenes.

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Mantram - (2.2.9): 

"Bhidyate hrdaya-granthis chidyante sarva-samsayah, 

ksiyante casya karmani tasmin drste paravare." 

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The knots of the heart have already been explained—Brahma-granti, Rudra-granti and Vishnu-granti. They are actually avidya, kama and karma: ignorance, desire and action. These knots are broken at once by the rise of the knowledge of Brahman. Chidyante sarva-sa?saya?: All doubts are dispelled in one second. You will have no doubt in your mind; everything is so clear, as if in the midday sun. K?iyante casya karma?i: All the karmas will be destroyed. All the effects of karma that cause rebirth will be burnt into ashes. Tasmin d???e paravare: When does this happen? This happens only when you behold the Great Being which is high and low combined.

To be continued ...

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