The Mundakoupanishad : Post-15. Swami Krishnananda.

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Swami Udit Chaithanyaji

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Friday, October 07, 2022. 07:30.
Chapter-1, Section-2, Mantram-8.
POST-15.

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Mantras 8 to 10 : Description of the sad state of knowledge-less (devoid of Upasana) rituals - 

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Mantram-8 : 

Avidyāyā - antare vartamānāḥ svayaṁ 

dhīrāḥ paṇḍitam manya-mānāḥ, 

janghanyamānāḥ pariyanti mūḍhāḥ, 

andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ (1.2.8). 



"Ignorant beings existing (gloating) in the midst of ignorance, but fancying themselves to be wise and learned, go round oppressed and miserable, as blind people when led by the blind."


Sunk in ignorance of the true values of life, imagining that they are very intelligent, wise, they are really wiseacres. 


Dhīrāḥ paṇḍitam manyamānāḥ: 

These ritualists imagine that they know everything in the world, that they are omniscient, that they know what is good and that others do not know anything. Such is the astounding profundity of human ignorance. 

Janghanyamānāḥ: 

They suffer afterwards as a consequence of this ignorance. 

Pariyanti mūḍhāḥ: 

They go on circling round and round in metempsychosis. 

Andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ: 

As a blind man can be led by a blind man, leading to no destination whatsoever, so these arguments of ritual and the promise of heaven in a world which is not going to be permanent, are based on ignorance.


 Beware! This is the word of caution exercised to Upanishadic students of true spirit.

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Next - Mantram-9.

To be continued ...

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