All right, let us start with the Shanti Mantra.

Om,

Bhadram Karinibhishinu Yama Deva

Bhadram Pashya Makhshabhya Jatra.

Sthiray-ranga,

Stushawagam Sastanubhi,

Vyashem, Deva, Hittanyadayy,

Svastin Indra, Vridhhhhrava,

Svastina Pusha Vhhhhhhhhhhhhhhāāstina St kshio arishthanymi,

swastinobrihaspatir dhadatu.

Oam, shanty, shanty, shanty.

So in the Mandukya Upanishad, Manduqya Karika, we are doing the third chapter, the Adwaita Prakarana, the chapter on non-duality.

Here, the subject is Gaudapada, Gaudhāāāāāāāāāācari, the author of the carikas.

Remember, this text is a three-layered text. At the core is the Upanishad itself, which belongs to the author of Aveda. Gordapada is not the author or anything like that. And then around that, it is Gaurapada, about 1,500 years ago, composed these verses called Karika in four chapters.

So that's written around the Upanishan.

The first chapter includes the Upanishad itself.

The Upanishad is embedded in the first chapter.

And around it, Gowdhada wrote four chapters of these verses.

And the third layer is the commentary of

Shankaracharya who has written a commentary on the Upanishad and the verses also so

usually to study together we call it Mandukya Karika in the third chapter

Gaudapada wants to talk about the non-duality of the self.

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