Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.3
Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya 2.2.3
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2.2.3
hutamāsaptamāṃstasya lokānhinasti ||
3. Having taken the how furnished by the Upanishads, the great weapon—and fixed in it the arrow rendered pointed by constant meditation and having drawn it with the mind fixed on the Brahman, hit, good looking youth! at that mark—the immortal Brahman.
Shankara’s Commentary:
Com.—How that is hit is now explained. Dhanuh. the bow. Grihitva, having taken. Upanishadam horn in, i.e., well-known in the Upanishads. Mahastram, great weapon, i.e., the arrow; fix the arrow; of what quality is stated. Upasauisltam, rendered pointed by constant meditation, i.e., purified; after fixing it and drawing it, i.e., having drawn the mind and the senses from their external objects and bending, i.e., concentrating them on the mark, for the bow here cannot be bent as by the hand; hit the mark—the immortal Brahman—above defined with thy mind, Oh good looking youth, engrossed by meditation upon the Brahman.
2.2.3.p1
yasyāgnihotriṇo'gnihotramadarśaṃ darśākhyena karmaṇā varjitam| agnihotriṇo'vaśyakartavyatvād darśasya| agnihotrasambandhyagnihotraviśeṣaṇamiva bhavati| tadakriyamāṇamityetat| tathā paurṇamāsam ityādiṣvapyagnihotraviśeṇatvaṃ draṣṭavyam, agnihotrāṅgatvasya aviśiṣṭatvāt| apaurṇamāsaṃ paurṇamāsakarmavarjitam, acāturmāsyaṃ cāturmāsyakarmavarjitam, anāgrayaṇamāgrayaṇaṃ śaradādikartavyaṃ tacca
3. Having taken the how furnished by the Upanishads, the great weapon—and fixed in it the arrow rendered pointed by constant meditation and having drawn it with the mind fixed on the Brahman, hit, good looking youth! at that mark—the immortal Brahman.
Translations (1)
- The Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad and Śrī Śaṅkara's Commentary — S. Sitarama Sastri 1898, English
Linked texts (1)
- Muṇḍakopaniṣad — Sanskrit