27. Mundaka Upanishad | Mantras 3.2.5 - 6 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

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🗓️ 3 April 2024

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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	Ombh-Bhadram Karni Bha-N-Dhrya-Dhya-Draha-Shiryrya,
0:14.0	Stirae-Rangai, Tushawagum-Sastanubhi,
0:19.0	Biashehemi-Dewhya-Dhhhyaehhhhhhra indra,
0:24.6	Vridhrahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh swastinobri haspater dada to ome shanty shanty shanty
0:42.3	oh gods may we hear auspicious words with our ears while engaged in sacrifices
0:51.3	may we see auspicious things with our eyes, while praising the gods with steady limbs,
0:59.1	may we enjoy a life that is beneficial to the gods. May Indra of ancient fame be auspicious to us.
1:08.3	May the all-knowing Pusha, God of the earth, be propitious to us. May Garuda, the destroyer of evil, be well disposed towards us.
1:18.6	May Brihaspati ensure our welfare. Ome, peace, peace, peace.
1:26.6	We are studying the Munda Koppanishad. Peace, peace, peace.
1:31.3	We are studying the Mundak Upanishad and we are almost towards the end.
1:35.3	The final mantras, the climax of the Upanishad.
1:38.3	We are on mantra number five.
1:43.3	We are going to start mantra number five.
1:46.5	So in these mantras, the result of all of these teachings is given.
1:52.1	Result is Moksha, liberation.
1:54.7	And that is described in quite a bit of detail.
1:57.3	And some of these are very important, very sublime, poetic, but also philosophically
2:02.3	very important, very important for Vedant, these mantras. What happens when you become
2:06.8	enlightened? What is the results, especially for this cycle of birth and death? How does that
2:13.1	come to an end? What constitutes freedom? And this is the source on which later Vedantic doctrine
2:19.5	what we talk about in other adduaitic texts which are much later they all trace their
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