The Mundaka Upanishad : Post-9. Swami Krishnananda.
======================================================================= ====================================================================== Monday, June 20, 2022. 19:00 Chapter-1. Section-1. Mantram-9 ============================================= Mantram-9. Yaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarva-vid yasya jñānamayaṁ tapaḥ; tasmād etad brahma nāma-rūpam annaṁ ca jāyate (1.1.9). That Great Being is sarvajñaḥ and sarva-vid. According to the commentator, sarvajñaḥ and sarva-vid mean two different things. Though the literal meaning of both words is ‘all- knowing', the connotative meaning is that Being which knows everything in general and also in particular. This is Acharya Sankara's interpretation. God knows everything in general and also in particular. Somebody asked me a question: “Does God know that a cat is moving in the kitchen?” I said, “God not only knows the movement of the cat, but He also knows how many hairs the cat has.” This is the direct knowledge of the minutest details o...