Upaniṣads · Muṇḍaka 1.2
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Muṇḍaka 1.2.1
तदेतत् सत्यं मन्त्रेषु कर्माणि कवयो
यान्यपश्यंस्तानि त्रेतायां बहुधा संततानि ।
तान्याचरथ नियतं सत्यकामा एष वः
पन्थाः सुकृतस्य लोके ॥ १.२.१ ॥
This is the truth: the rites that the seers saw in the mantras are spread out in many ways across the three Vedas. Those who desire truth, perform them steadily; this is the path of your good deeds in this world.
Muṇḍaka 1.2.2
यदा लेलायते ह्यर्चिः समिद्धे हव्यवाहने ।
तदाऽऽज्यभागावन्तरेणाऽऽहुतीः प्रतिपादयेत् ॥ १.२.२ ॥
When the flame flickers in the kindled fire that carries the oblation (havyavāhana), then one should offer the oblations between the two portions of clarified butter (ājyabhāga).
Muṇḍaka 1.2.3
यस्याग्निहोत्रमदर्शमपौर्णमास-
मचातुर्मास्यमनाग्रयणमतिथिवर्जितं च ।
अहुतमवैश्वदेवमविधिना हुत-
मासप्तमांस्तस्य लोकान् हिनस्ति ॥ १.२.३ ॥
For one whose agnihotra is without the darśa and paurṇamāsa rites, without the cāturmāsya and āgrayaṇa offerings, without hospitality to guests, and who offers unoffered (improperly), without the vaiśvadeva, and who offers improperly: he destroys his seven worlds.
Muṇḍaka 1.2.4
काली कराली च मनोजवा च
सुलोहिता या च सुधूम्रवर्णा ।
स्फुलिङ्गिनी विश्वरुची च देवी
लेलायमाना इति सप्त जिह्वाः ॥ १.२.४ ॥
Kālī, Karālī, Manojavā, Sulohitā, Sudhūmravarṇā, Sphuliṅginī, Viśvarucī, and the goddess Lelāyamānā: these are the seven tongues.
Muṇḍaka 1.2.5
एतेषु यश्चरते भ्राजमानेषु यथाकालं
चाहुतयो ह्याददायन् ।
तं नयन्त्येताः सूर्यस्य रश्मयो यत्र
देवानां पतिरेकोऽधिवासः ॥ १.२.५ ॥
The sacrificer who moves among these blazing flames at the proper time and takes up the oblations, the rays of the sun lead him to where the one lord of the gods dwells.
Muṇḍaka 1.2.6
एह्येहीति तमाहुतयः सुवर्चसः
सूर्यस्य रश्मिभिर्यजमानं वहन्ति ।
प्रियां वाचमभिवदन्त्योऽर्चयन्त्य
एष वः पुण्यः सुकृतो ब्रह्मलोकः ॥ १.२.६ ॥
Calling out "Come, come," the radiant oblations carry the sacrificer on the rays of the sun, and speaking to him kindly and honouring him, they say: "This is your pure world of brahman, won by good deeds."
Muṇḍaka 1.2.7
प्लवा ह्येते अदृढा यज्ञरूपा
अष्टादशोक्तमवरं येषु कर्म ।
एतच्छ्रेयो येऽभिनन्दन्ति मूढा
जरामृत्युं ते पुनरेवापि यन्ति ॥ १.२.७ ॥
These rafts, in the form of sacrifices, are indeed frail; in them the lesser action of eighteen parts has been declared. Those deluded fools who rejoice in this as the highest good go again and again to old age and death.
Muṇḍaka 1.2.8
अविद्यायामन्तरे वर्तमानाः
स्वयं धीराः पण्डितं मन्यमानाः ।
जङ्घन्यमानाः परियन्ति मूढा
अन्धेनैव नीयमाना यथान्धाः ॥ १.२.८ ॥
Dwelling in the midst of ignorance, thinking themselves wise and learned, the deluded wander about staggering, like the blind led by the blind.
Muṇḍaka 1.2.9
अविद्यायां बहुधा वर्तमाना वयं
कृतार्था इत्यभिमन्यन्ति बालाः ।
यत् कर्मिणो न प्रवेदयन्ति रागात्
तेनातुराः क्षीणलोकाश्च्यवन्ते ॥ १.२.९ ॥
Dwelling in ignorance in many ways, childish people believe 'we have attained our goal.' Because those who perform rites do not know the truth out of attachment, they, afflicted, fall from the worlds that are exhausted.
Muṇḍaka 1.2.10
इष्टापूर्तं मन्यमाना वरिष्ठं
नान्यच्छ्रेयो वेदयन्ते प्रमूढाः ।
नाकस्य पृष्ठे ते सुकृतेऽनुभूत्वेमं
लोकं हीनतरं वा विशन्ति ॥ १.२.१० ॥
The utterly deluded, who consider sacrifice and charitable works (iṣṭāpūrta) the highest, know no other good. Having enjoyed the fruit of their good deeds on the summit of heaven, they enter this world or one that is lower still.
Muṇḍaka 1.2.11
तपःश्रद्धे ये ह्युपवसन्त्यरण्ये
शान्ता विद्वांसो भैक्ष्यचर्यां चरन्तः ।
सूर्यद्वारेण ते विरजाः प्रयान्ति
यत्रामृतः स पुरुषो ह्यव्ययात्मा ॥ १.२.११ ॥
Those who, with austerity and faith, dwell in the forest, calm and wise, living by begging, go forth through the gate of the sun, free from impurity, to where that immortal Person of imperishable self is.
Muṇḍaka 1.2.12
परीक्ष्य लोकान् कर्मचितान् ब्राह्मणो
निर्वेदमायान्नास्त्यकृतः कृतेन ।
तद्विज्ञानार्थं स गुरुमेवाभिगच्छेत्
समित्पाणिः श्रोत्रियं ब्रह्मनिष्ठम् ॥ १.२.१२ ॥
Having examined the worlds won by action, the seeker attains dispassion; the unmade (the eternal) is not obtained through what is made. For that knowledge, let him go with fuel-sticks in hand to a teacher who is learned in the Veda and established in brahman.
Muṇḍaka 1.2.13
तस्मै स विद्वानुपसन्नाय सम्यक्
प्रशान्तचित्ताय शमान्विताय ।
येनाक्षरं पुरुषं वेद सत्यं प्रोवाच
तां तत्वतो ब्रह्मविद्याम् ॥ १.२.१३ ॥
To that disciple who has approached him rightly, whose mind is calm and who is endowed with tranquility, the knower taught truly that knowledge of brahman by which one knows the imperishable, the true Person.