Mundakopanishad : ( 12/12/2012. )

25/03/2018 Mundaka Upanishad : Chapter 1: Section 1 : Mantram-s 1,2 Continued ... Janamejaya performed a Sarpa Yaga, a yajna which he undertook to vindicate the death of his father Parikshit, who died on account of a snakebite. Janamejaya’s anger over the snakebite was such that, when he heard that his father died in that way, he determined to end the species of snakes completely, and conducted a yajna called Sarpa Yaga, which did not succeed in the end on account of some interference. At that time Vyasa was present, and he told his disciple Vaisampayana to tell the whole story of the Mahabharata to Janamejaya, who was eager to know exactly what happened to his forefathers, the Pandavas, whose progeny was Parikshit, his father. Similarly, the Puranas were recited by Suta, a learned sage in the Naimisha forest, which is near Neemsar, somewhere around Sitapur. Saunaka, the great sage, the Mahashala, the performer of large sacrifices, stood up in the assembly and queried the ...

24/02/2018 Mundaka Upanishad Chapter 1: Section 1 : Mantram-s 1,2. 1. Om Brahma devanam prathamah sambabhuva visvasya karta bhuvanasya gopta, sa brahma-vidyam sarva-vidya-pratistham  arthavaya jyestha-putraya praha. 2. Artharvane yam pravadeta brahma-tharva tam purova-cangire brahma-vidyam, sa bharadvajaya satyavahaya praha bharadvajo’ngirase paravaram. Sum of mantram-1. Brahma, the Creator, who was the first born among all evolutes in the process of the manifestation of God Almighty, the Creator of this world and the Protector of all beings, taught Brahma Vidya—the science of Brahman, which is the origin, the support and the foundation of every other learning, every other vidya or science or art—to his eldest son Atharvan, a great sage. Sum of mantram-2. Atharvan taught this knowledge that he received from Brahma to another sage, called Angi. This great sage Angi, who received it from Atharvan, who received it from Brahma, gave this knowledge to ...

Chapter-3. Section-2. Mantram-9,10,11. 1. One who  knows Supreme Brahmam, becomes Brahmam, 2. and his family, none who knows not the Brahmam will ever be born. 3. He crosses grief; crosses sin, and being free from the knots-of-the-heart, becomes immortal. 4. To them alone let one teach this knowledge of Brahmam, who perform rituals, who read Vedas, who pursue the meditations upon Brahmam, 5. who possess faith and offer oblations themselves to the fire called Ekarsi; and who have observed strictly the Sirovrata( carry pots of fire on their head!) 6. This is the Truth. Rishi Angira communicated this to his disciples in ancient times. No one, who has not observed any vow( renunciation), is fit to study this. 7. Our salutations to the great sages : our prostrations ( Sashtanga Namaskarams) to the great Seers. Mundakoupanisad ends here.   

Chapter-3. Section-2. Mantram-8. 1. As flowing rivers get themselves disappeared  in the Ocean, 2. losing  their special names and distinct forms, 3. so the wise man free from all his identifications with names and forms, 4. goes unto the highest of the high-------- 5. the Supreme Divinity.

Chapter-3. Section-2. Mantram-7. 1. Fifteen Kalas ( parts) :  a). Prana ( the Creator in us )- meaning the creative urge in man's physical, mental, and intellectual personalities. b) Faith- Without a certain amount of faith, none of us can conceive of or act in or accomplish anything in this world.  c). When the Creator gains faith , the grosser five great elements are born as Space,  Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. d). The perceivers of qualities of these five elements are the five sense-organs. Ear to perceive the quality of Akasa, the Sound; Skin to perceive the quality of Air, the Touch; Eye for the quality of Fire, the Form; Tongue  for the quality of Water, the Taste; and the, Nose to Smell the quality of Earth. e). Mind: When we have thus five different sense-organs to perceive five independent and heterogeneous  qualities, unless there is a synchronizing and co-ordinating factor, we could not have the organised an...

Chapter-3. Section-2. Mantram-6. 1. Having well ascertained beyond all doubts the exact import of the Upanisads, 2. and having purified their minds with the "Yoga of renunciation"all anchorites attain the world of Brahmam, 3. having attained immortality and at the time of death become fully liberated. 4. Death mentioned here is only the death of false vanities and the delusive ego sense. 5. When the little "I' dies, what remains is the Godly and the all-pervading Spiritual 'I.'  "Die to live the life Divine" 6. This seems to be the non-stop call of Vedanta to every generation, where ego ends, there Godhood starts.

Chapter-3. Section-2. Mantram-5. 1. The Self is attained through  a). Veracity, b). Concentration, c). Wisdom, and d). Continence; 2. Cultivate all the four shown above constantly, 3. When Impurities thus dwindle, 4. the ascetic beholds Him ( one who cultivates the above)-------- 5. This is stainless, resplendent ---------- within his very body.