Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.5
Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya 2.2.5
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- Sanskrit
2.2.5
1.2.5
eteṣu yaścarate bhrājamāneṣu yathākālaṃ cāhutayo hyādadāyan| taṃ nayantyetāḥ sūryasya raśmayoyatra devānāṃ patireko'dhivāsaḥ ||
5. He in whom the heaven, the earth, the antariksha (sky), the mind with the pranas are centred; know him to be the one Atman of all; abandon all other speech; this is the road to immortality.
Shankara’s Commentary:
Com.—As the “Immortal” cannot be easily grasped by the mind, the repetition is for the purpose of making it more easily cognisable. He, the immortal Brahman, in whom Dyouh, earth, and antariksha are centred, as also the mind with the other instruments; know him, O disciples as “the one,” the support of all; the Atman, i.e., the internal principle of yourselves and all living beings; having known that, leave off all other speech of the nature of “Apara vidya” as also all Kar ma with their aids elucidated by it; for, this, i.e., the knowledge of the Atman is the road to the attaintment of emancipation, the bridge as it were by which the great ocean of Samsara is crossed, as another Sruti says “having known him thus, one travels beyond death; there is no other road to emancipation.”
2.2.5.p1
eteṣvagnijihvābhedeṣu yo'gnihotrī carate karmācaratyagnihotrādi bhrājamāneṣu dīpyamāneṣu| yathākālaṃ ca yasya karmaṇo yaḥ kālastatkālaṃ yathākālaṃ yajamānamādadāyannādadānā āhutayo yajamānena nirvartitāstaṃ nayanti
5. He in whom the heaven, the earth, the antariksha (sky), the mind with the pranas are centred; know him to be the one Atman of all; abandon all other speech; this is the road to immortality.
Translations (1)
- The Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad and Śrī Śaṅkara's Commentary — S. Sitarama Sastri 1898, English
Linked texts (1)
- Muṇḍakopaniṣad — Sanskrit