Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2

2.2.1

āviḥ sannihitaṃ guhācaraṃ nāma mahat padam atraitat samarpitam.
ejat prāṇan nimiṣac ca yad etaj jānatha sadasadvareṇyam.
paraṃ vijñānād yad variṣṭhaṃ prajānām.

1. Manifest, [yet] hidden; called 'Moving-in-secret';
The great abode! Therein is placed that
Which moves and breathes and winks.
What that is, know as Being (sad) and Non-being (a-sad),
As the object of desire, higher than understanding,
As what is the best of creatures!

2.2.2

yad arcimad yad aṇubhyo 'ṇu ca yasmiṃl lokā nihitā lokinaś ca.
tad etad akṣaraṃ brahma sa prāṇas tad u vāṅ manas.
tad etat satyaṃ tad amṛtaṃ tad veddhavyaṃ somya viddhi.

2. That which is flaming, which is subtler than the subtle,
On which the worlds are set, and their inhabitants—
That is the imperishable Brahma.
It is life (prāṇa), and It is speech and mind.
That is the real. It is immortal.
It is [a mark] to be penetrated. Penetrate It, my friend!

2.2.3

dhanur gṛhītvaupaniṣadaṃ mahāstraṃ śaraṃ hy upāsāniśitaṃ sandhayīta.
āyamya tad bhāvagatena cetasā lakṣyaṃ tad evākṣaraṃ somya viddhi.

3. Taking as a bow the great weapon of the Upanishad,
One should put upon it an arrow sharpened by meditation.
Stretching it with a thought directed to the essence of That,
Penetrate that Imperishable as the mark, my friend.

2.2.4

praṇavo dhanuḥ śaro hy ātmā brahma tal lakṣyam ucyate.
apramattena veddhavyaṃ śaravat tanmayo bhavet.

4. The mystic syllable Om (praṇava) is the bow. The arrow is the soul (ātman).
Brahma is said to be the mark (lakṣya).
By the undistracted man is It to be penetrated.
One should come to be in It, as the arrow [in the mark].

2.2.5

yasmin dyauḥ pṛthivī cāntarikṣam otaṃ manaḥ saha prāṇaiś ca sarvaiḥ.
tam evaikaṃ jānatha ātmānam anyā vāco vimuñcathāmṛtasyaiṣa setuḥ.

5. He on whom the sky, the earth, and the atmosphere
Are woven, and the mind, together with all the life-breaths (prāṇa),
Him alone know as the one Soul (Ātman). Other
Words dismiss. He is the bridge to immortality.

2.2.6

arā iva rathanābhau saṃhatā yatra nāḍyaḥ sa eṣo 'ntaścarate bahudhā jāyamānaḥ.
om ity evaṃ dhyāyatha ātmānaṃ svasti vaḥ pārāya tamasaḥ parastāt.

6. Where the arteries are brought together Like the spokes in the hub of a wheel— Therein he moves about, Becoming manifold. Om!—Thus meditate upon the Soul (Ātman). Success to you in crossing to the farther shore beyond darkness!

2.2.7

yaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvavid yasyaiṣa mahimā bhuvi.
divye brahmapure hy eṣa vyomny ātmā pratiṣṭhitaḥ.

7. He who is all-knowing, all-wise,
Whose is this greatness on the earth—
He is in the divine Brahma city
And in the heaven established! The Soul (Ātman)!
Consisting of mind, leader of the life-breaths and of the body,
He is established on food, controlling the heart.
By this knowledge the wise perceive
The blissful Immortal that gleams forth.

2.2.8

manomayaḥ prāṇaśarīranetā pratiṣṭhito 'nne hṛdayaṃ sannidhāya.
tad vijñānena paripaśyanti dhīrā ānandarūpam amṛtaṃ yad vibhāti.

2.2.9

bhidyate hṛdayagranthiś chidyante sarvasaṃśayāḥ.
kṣīyante cāsya karmāṇi tasmin dṛṣṭe parāvare.

8. The knot of the heart is loosened,
All doubts are cut off,
And one's deeds (karman) cease
When He is seen—both the higher and the lower.

2.2.10

hiraṇmaye pare kośe virajaṃ brahma niṣkalam.
tac chubhraṃ jyotiṣāṃ jyotis tad yad ātmavido viduḥ.

9. In the highest golden sheath
Is Brahma, without stain, without parts.
Brilliant is It, the light of lights—
That which knowers of the Soul (Ātman) do know!

2.2.11

na tatra sūryo bhāti na candratārakaṃ nemā vidyuto bhānti kuto 'yam agniḥ.
tam eva bhāntam anubhāti sarvaṃ tasya bhāsā sarvam idaṃ vibhāti.

10. The sun shines not there, nor the moon and stars;
These lightnings shine not, much less this [earthly] fire!
After Him, as He shines, doth everything shine.
This whole world is illumined with His light.

2.2.12

brahmaivedam amṛtaṃ purastād brahma paścād brahma dakṣiṇataś cottareṇa.
adhaś cordhvaṃ ca prasṛtaṃ brahmaivedaṃ viśvam idaṃ variṣṭham.

11. Brahma, indeed, is this immortal. Brahma before,
Brahma behind, to right and to left.
Stretched forth below and above,
Brahma, indeed, is this whole world, this widest extent.