16. Mundaka Upanishad | Mantras 2.2.3 - 4 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

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🗓️ 7 December 2023

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Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Mundaka Upanishad which one of the major Upanishads belonging to the Atharva Veda. Mundaka means ''shaved'' like a shaved head. The teachings revealed in this Upanishad are meant to leave the student clean, or shaved of the veil of ignorance. Indeed, the study of this Upanishad has been traditionally confined to the shaven-heads, or the sannyasins, who have renounced everything and devoted themselves exclusively to contemplation. The book consists of 64 Mantras (verses) split across Mundakas (parts) and Khandas (sections) as follows: Mundaka 1 - Khanda 1 - 9 mantras (1.1.1 - 1.1.9) Mundaka 1 - Khanda 2 - 13 mantras (1.2.1 - 1.2.13) Mundaka 2 - Khanda 1 - 10 mantras (2.1.1 - 2.1.10) Mundaka 2 - Khanda 2 - 11 mantras (2.2.1 - 2.2.11) Mundaka 3 - Khanda 1 - 10 mantras (3.1.1 - 3.1.10) Mundaka 3 - Khanda 2 - 11 mantras (3.2.1 - 3.2.11) Reference books: 1. Mundaka Upanisad translated by Swami Gambhirananda - https://www.vedanta.com/store/mundaka-upanisad-with-the-commentary-of-sankaracarya_moreinfo.html (or) 2. Eight Upanisads Vol. 2 translated by Swami Gambhirananda - https://www.vedanta.com/store/Eight-Upanishads-Commentary-by-Shankara_moreinfo.html

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0:00.0	Ombhraim, Bhadram Karni Bishnuya, Madyva,
0:10.0	Bhadram Pashya Bhira Jatraha,
0:15.0	Stirae Rangai, Stushra Vagam Sastanubhi,
0:20.0	Vyhyahyaahedhya Dayaayyhyaa,
0:24.6	Svithina Indra Vridhrava,
0:28.6	Svusha Vhvhhhhhhhhhah,
0:32.6	Svastaniasya arishtonemi swastin obri haspater dhadhotho ome shanty shanty
0:45.3	o god's may we hear auspicious words with our ears while engaged in sacrifices may we see auspicious things with our eyes while
0:57.6	praising the gods with steady limbs may we enjoy a life that is beneficial to the gods may indra of
1:04.3	ancient fame be auspicious to us may the all-knowing pusha our God of the earth, be propitious to us.
1:11.8	May Garuda, the destroyer of evil, be well disposed towards us.
1:17.2	May Brihaspati ensure our welfare.
1:20.1	Ome, peace, peace, peace.
1:25.3	So, we are studying the Mundakopanishad in a particularly important and interesting phase.
1:32.3	We have started the second section of the second Mundaka.
1:39.3	So in this second section, the verses are, they all point to the highest reality.
1:48.3	Remember, the whole of the Upanisha that started with the student asking,
1:52.7	Sir, what is that by knowing which I can know everything?
1:56.2	And the answer was Akshara, Brahman, the ultimate reality.
2:00.3	How is it that you know everything by knowing that?
2:03.6	Because that is the cause and the entire universe is the effect. What is meant by that?
2:12.5	Just as we know, if we know the material cause of something, you know all the effects produced from it.
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