Mundaka Upanishad

॥ śrīḥ॥
॥ muṇḍakopaniṣat ॥

oṃ bhadraṃ karṇebhiḥ śruṇuyāma devā bhadraṃ paśyemākṣabhiryajatrāḥ ।
sthirairaṅgaistuṣṭuvām̐sastanūbhirvyaśema devahitaṃ yadāyuḥ ।
svasti na indro vṛddhaśravāḥ svasti naḥ pūṣā viśvavedāḥ ।
svasti nastārkṣyo ariṣṭanemiḥ svasti no bṛhaspatirdadhātu।
॥ oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥

॥ oṃ brahmaṇe namaḥ ॥

॥ prathamamuṇḍake prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ॥

oṃ brahmā devānāṃ prathamaḥ sambabhūva viśvasya kartā
bhuvanasya goptā । sa brahmavidyāṃ sarvavidyāpratiṣṭhāmatharvāya
jyeṣṭhaputrāya prāha ॥ 1॥

atharvaṇe yāṃ pravadeta brahmā'tharvā taṃ
purovācāṅgire brahmavidyām ।
sa bhāradvājāya satyavāhāya prāha
bhāradvājo'ṅgirase parāvarām ॥ 2॥

śaunako ha vai mahāśālo'ṅgirasaṃ vidhivadupasannaḥ papraccha ।
kasminnu bhagavo vijñāte sarvamidaṃ vijñātaṃ bhavatīti ॥ 3॥

tasmai sa hovāca ।
dve vidye veditavye iti ha sma
yadbrahmavido vadanti parā caivāparā ca ॥ 4॥

tatrāparā ṛgvedo yajurvedaḥ sāmavedo'tharvavedaḥ
śikṣā kalpo vyākaraṇaṃ niruktaṃ chando jyotiṣamiti ।
atha parā yayā tadakṣaramadhigamyate ॥ 5॥

yattadadreśyamagrāhyamagotramavarṇa-
macakṣuḥśrotraṃ tadapāṇipādam ।
nityaṃ vibhuṃ sarvagataṃ susūkṣmaṃ
tadavyayaṃ yadbhūtayoniṃ paripaśyanti dhīrāḥ ॥ 6॥

yathorṇanābhiḥ sṛjate gṛhṇate ca
yathā pṛthivyāmoṣadhayaḥ sambhavanti ।
yathā sataḥ puruṣāt keśalomāni
tathā'kṣarāt sambhavatīha viśvam ॥ 7॥

tapasā cīyate brahma tato'nnamabhijāyate ।
annāt prāṇo manaḥ satyaṃ lokāḥ karmasu cāmṛtam ॥ 8॥

yaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvavidyasya jñānamayaṃ tāpaḥ ।
tasmādetadbrahma nāma rūpamannaṃ ca jāyāte ॥ 9॥

॥ iti muṇḍakopaniṣadi prathamamuṇḍake prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ॥

॥ prathamamuṇḍake dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ॥

tadetat satyaṃ mantreṣu karmāṇi kavayo
yānyapaśyaṃstāni tretāyāṃ bahudhā santatāni ।
tānyācaratha niyataṃ satyakāmā eṣa vaḥ
panthāḥ sukṛtasya loke ॥ 1॥

yadā lelāyate hyarciḥ samiddhe havyavāhane ।
tadā''jyabhāgāvantareṇā''hutīḥ pratipādayet ॥ 2॥

yasyāgnihotramadarśamapaurṇamāsa-
macāturmāsyamanāgrayaṇamatithivarjitaṃ ca ।
ahutamavaiśvadevamavidhinā huta-
māsaptamāṃstasya lokān hinasti ॥ 3॥

kālī karālī ca manojavā ca
sulohitā yā ca sudhūmravarṇā ।
sphuliṅginī viśvarucī ca devī
lelāyamānā iti sapta jihvāḥ ॥ 4॥

eteṣu yaścarate bhrājamāneṣu yathākālaṃ
cāhutayo hyādadāyan ।
taṃ nayantyetāḥ sūryasya raśmayo yatra
devānāṃ patireko'dhivāsaḥ ॥ 5॥

ehyehīti tamāhutayaḥ suvarcasaḥ
sūryasya raśmibhiryajamānaṃ vahanti ।
priyāṃ vācamabhivadantyo'rcayantya
eṣa vaḥ puṇyaḥ sukṛto brahmalokaḥ ॥ 6॥

plavā hyete adṛḍhā yajñarūpā
aṣṭādaśoktamavaraṃ yeṣu karma ।
etacchreyo ye'bhinandanti mūḍhā
jarāmṛtyuṃ te punarevāpi yanti ॥ 7॥

avidyāyāmantare vartamānāḥ
svayaṃ dhīrāḥ paṇḍitaṃ manyamānāḥ ।
jaṅghanyamānāḥ pariyanti mūḍhā
andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ ॥ 8॥

avidyāyaṃ bahudhā vartamānā vayaṃ
kṛtārthā ityabhimanyanti bālāḥ ।
yat karmiṇo na pravedayanti rāgāt
tenāturāḥ kṣīṇalokāścyavante ॥ 9॥

iṣṭāpūrtaṃ manyamānā variṣṭhaṃ
nānyacchreyo vedayante pramūḍhāḥ ।
nākasya pṛṣṭhe te sukṛte'nubhūtvemaṃ
lokaṃ hīnataraṃ vā viśanti ॥ 10॥

tapaḥśraddhe ye hyupavasantyaraṇye
śāntā vidvāṃso bhaikṣyacaryāṃ carantaḥ ।
sūryadvāreṇa te virajāḥ prayānti
yatrāmṛtaḥ sa puruṣo hyavyayātmā ॥ 11॥

parīkṣya lokān karmacitān brāhmaṇo
nirvedamāyānnāstyakṛtaḥ kṛtena ।
tadvijñānārthaṃ sa gurumevābhigacchet
samitpāṇiḥ śrotriyaṃ brahmaniṣṭham ॥ 12॥

tasmai sa vidvānupasannāya samyak
praśāntacittāya śamānvitāya ।
yenākṣaraṃ puruṣaṃ veda satyaṃ provāca
tāṃ tattvato brahmavidyām ॥ 13॥

॥ iti muṇḍakopaniṣadi prathamamuṇḍake dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ॥

॥ dvitīya muṇḍake prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ॥

tadetat satyaṃ
yathā sudīptāt pāvakādvisphuliṅgāḥ
sahasraśaḥ prabhavante sarūpāḥ ।
tathā'kṣarādvividhāḥ somya bhāvāḥ
prajāyante tatra caivāpi yanti ॥ 1॥

divyo hyamūrtaḥ puruṣaḥ sa bāhyābhyantaro hyajaḥ ।
aprāṇo hyamanāḥ śubhro hyakṣarāt parataḥ paraḥ ॥ 2॥

etasmājjāyate prāṇo manaḥ sarvendriyāṇi ca ।
khaṃ vāyurjyotirāpaḥ pṛthivī viśvasya dhāriṇī ॥ 3॥

agnīrmūrdhā cakṣuṣī candrasūryau
diśaḥ śrotre vāg vivṛtāśca vedāḥ ।
vāyuḥ prāṇo hṛdayaṃ viśvamasya padbhyāṃ
pṛthivī hyeṣa sarvabhūtāntarātmā ॥ 4॥

tasmādagniḥ samidho yasya sūryaḥ
somāt parjanya oṣadhayaḥ pṛthivyām ।
pumān retaḥ siñcati yoṣitāyāṃ
bahvīḥ prajāḥ puruṣāt samprasūtāḥ ॥ 5॥

tasmādṛcaḥ sāma yajūṃṣi dīkṣā
yajñāśca sarve kratavo dakṣiṇāśca ।
saṃvatsaraśca yajamānaśca lokāḥ
somo yatra pavate yatra sūryaḥ ॥ 6॥

tasmācca devā bahudhā samprasūtāḥ
sādhyā manuṣyāḥ paśavo vayāṃsi ।
prāṇāpānau vrīhiyavau tapaśca
śraddhā satyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ vidhiśca ॥ 7॥

sapta prāṇāḥ prabhavanti tasmāt
saptārciṣaḥ samidhaḥ sapta homāḥ ।
sapta ime lokā yeṣu caranti prāṇā
guhāśayā nihitāḥ sapta sapta ॥ 8॥

ataḥ samudrā girayaśca sarve'smāt
syandante sindhavaḥ sarvarūpāḥ ।
ataśca sarvā oṣadhayo rasaśca
yenaiṣa bhūtaistiṣṭhate hyantarātmā ॥ 9॥

puruṣa evedaṃ viśvaṃ karma tapo brahma parāmṛtam ।
etadyo veda nihitaṃ guhāyāṃ
so'vidyāgranthiṃ vikiratīha somya ॥ 10॥

॥ iti muṇḍakopaniṣadi dvitīyamuṇḍake prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ॥

॥ dvitīya muṇḍake dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ॥

āviḥ saṃnihitaṃ guhācaraṃ nāma
mahatpadamatraitat samarpitam ।
ejatprāṇannimiṣacca yadetajjānatha
sadasadvareṇyaṃ paraṃ vijñānādyadvariṣṭhaṃ prajānām ॥ 1॥

yadarcimadyadaṇubhyo'ṇu ca
yasmim̐llokā nihitā lokinaśca ।
tadetadakṣaraṃ brahma sa prāṇastadu vāṅmanaḥ
tadetatsatyaṃ tadamṛtaṃ tadveddhavyaṃ somya viddhi ॥ 2॥

dhanur gṛhītvaupaniṣadaṃ mahāstraṃ
śaraṃ hyupāsā niśitaṃ sandhayīta ।
āyamya tadbhāvagatena cetasā
lakṣyaṃ tadevākṣaraṃ somya viddhi ॥ 3॥

praṇavo dhanuḥ śāro hyātmā brahma tallakṣyamucyate ।
apramattena veddhavyaṃ śaravat tanmayo bhavet ॥ 4॥

yasmin dyauḥ pṛthivī cāntarikṣamotaṃ
manaḥ saha prāṇaiśca sarvaiḥ ।
tamevaikaṃ jānatha ātmānamanyā vāco
vimuñcathāmṛtasyaiṣa setuḥ ॥ 5॥

arā iva rathanābhau saṃhatā yatra nāḍyaḥ ।
sa eṣo'ntaścarate bahudhā jāyamānaḥ ।
omityevaṃ dhyāyatha ātmānaṃ svasti vaḥ
pārāya tamasaḥ parastāt ॥ 6॥

yaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvavid yasyaiṣa mahimā bhuvi ।
divye brahmapure hyeṣa vyomnyātmā pratiṣṭhitaḥ ॥

manomayaḥ prāṇaśarīranetā
pratiṣṭhito'nne hṛdayaṃ sannidhāya ।
tad vijñānena paripaśyanti dhīrā
ānandarūpamamṛtaṃ yad vibhāti ॥ 7॥

bhidyate hṛdayagranthiśchidyante sarvasaṃśayāḥ ।
kṣīyante cāsya karmāṇi tasmin dṛṣṭe parāvare ॥ 8॥

hiraṇmaye pare kośe virajaṃ brahma niṣkalam ।
tacchubhraṃ jyotiṣaṃ jyotistad yadātmavido viduḥ ॥ 9॥

na tatra sūryo bhāti na candratārakaṃ
nemā vidyuto bhānti kuto'yamagniḥ ।
tameva bhāntamanubhāti sarvaṃ
tasya bhāsā sarvamidaṃ vibhāti ॥ 10॥

brahmaivedamamṛtaṃ purastād brahma paścād brahma dakṣiṇataścottareṇa ।
adhaścordhvaṃ ca prasṛtaṃ brahmaivedaṃ viśvamidaṃ variṣṭham ॥ 11॥

॥ iti muṇḍakopaniṣadi dvitīyamuṇḍake dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ॥

॥ tṛtīya muṇḍake prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ॥

dvā suparṇā sayujā sakhāyā samānaṃ vṛkṣaṃ pariṣasvajāte ।
tayoranyaḥ pippalaṃ svādvattyanaśnannanyo abhicākaśīti ॥ 1॥

samāne vṛkṣe puruṣo nimagno'niśayā śocati muhyamānaḥ ।
juṣṭaṃ yadā paśyatyanyamīśamasya
mahimānamiti vītaśokaḥ ॥ 2॥

yadā paśyaḥ paśyate rukmavarṇaṃ
kartāramīśaṃ puruṣaṃ brahmayonim ।
tadā vidvān puṇyapāpe vidhūya
nirañjanaḥ paramaṃ sāmyamupaiti ॥ 3॥

praṇo hyeṣa yaḥ sarvabhūtairvibhāti
vijānan vidvān bhavate nātivādī ।
ātmakrīḍa ātmaratiḥ kriyāvā-
neṣa brahmavidāṃ variṣṭhaḥ ॥ 4॥

satyena labhyastapasā hyeṣa ātmā
samyagjñānena brahmacaryeṇa nityam ।
antaḥśarīre jyotirmayo hi śubhro
yaṃ paśyanti yatayaḥ kṣīṇadoṣāḥ ॥ 5॥

satyameva jayate nānṛtaṃ
satyena panthā vitato devayānaḥ ।
yenā''kramantyṛṣayo hyāptakāmā
yatra tat satyasya paramaṃ nidhānam ॥ 6॥

bṛhacca tad divyamacintyarūpaṃ
sūkṣmācca tat sūkṣmataraṃ vibhāti ।
dūrāt sudūre tadihāntike ca
paśyantvihaiva nihitaṃ guhāyām ॥ 7॥

na cakṣuṣā gṛhyate nāpi vācā
nānyairdevaistapasā karmaṇa vā ।
jñānaprasādena viśuddhasattva-
statastu taṃ paśyate niṣkalaṃ
dhyāyamānaḥ ॥ 8॥

eṣo'ṇurātmā cetasā veditavyo
yasmin prāṇaḥ pañcadhā saṃviveśa ।
prāṇaiścittaṃ sarvamotaṃ prajānāṃ
yasmin viśuddhe vibhavatyeṣa ātmā ॥ 9॥

yaṃ yaṃ lokaṃ manasā saṃvibhāti
viśuddhasattvaḥ kāmayate yāṃśca kāmān ।
taṃ taṃ lokaṃ jayate tāṃśca kāmāṃ-
stasmādātmajñaṃ hyarcayet bhūtikāmaḥ ॥ 10॥

॥ iti muṇḍakopaniṣadi tṛtīyamuṇḍake prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ॥

॥ tṛtīyamuṇḍake dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ॥

sa vedaitat paramaṃ brahma dhāma
yatra viśvaṃ nihitaṃ bhāti śubhram ।
upāsate puruṣaṃ ye hyakāmāste
śukrametadativartanti dhīrāḥ ॥ 1॥

kāmān yaḥ kāmayate manyamānaḥ
sa kāmabhirjāyate tatra tatra ।
paryāptakāmasya kṛtātmanastu
ihaiva sarve pravilīyanti kāmāḥ ॥ 2॥

nāyamātmā pravacanena labhyo
na medhayā na bahunā śrutena ।
yamevaiṣa vṛṇute tena labhya-
stasyaiṣa ātmā vivṛṇute tanūṃ svām ॥ 3॥

nāyamātmā balahīnena labhyo
na ca pramādāt tapaso vāpyaliṅgāt ।
etairupāyairyatate yastu vidvāṃ-
stasyaiṣa ātmā viśate brahmadhāma ॥ 4॥

samprāpyainamṛṣayo jñānatṛptāḥ
kṛtātmāno vītarāgāḥ praśāntāḥ
te sarvagaṃ sarvataḥ prāpya dhīrā
yuktātmānaḥ sarvamevāviśanti ॥ 5॥

vedāntavijñānasuniścitārthāḥ
saṃnyāsayogād yatayaḥ śuddhasattvāḥ ।
te brahmalokeṣu parāntakāle
parāmṛtāḥ parimucyanti sarve ॥ 6॥

gatāḥ kalāḥ pañcadaśa pratiṣṭhā
devāśca sarve pratidevatāsu ।
karmāṇi vijñānamayaśca ātmā
pare'vyaye sarve ekībhavanti ॥ 7॥

yathā nadyaḥ syandamānāḥ samudre'
staṃ gacchanti nāmarūpe vihāya ।
tathā vidvān nāmarūpādvimuktaḥ
parātparaṃ puruṣamupaiti divyam ॥ 8॥

sa yo ha vai tat paramaṃ brahma veda
brahmaiva bhavati nāsyābrahmavitkule bhavati ।
tarati śokaṃ tarati pāpmānaṃ guhāgranthibhyo
vimukto'mṛto bhavati ॥ 9॥

tadetadṛcā'bhyuktam ।
kriyāvantaḥ śrotriyā brahmaniṣṭhāḥ
svayaṃ juhvata ekarṣiṃ śraddhayantaḥ ।
teṣāmevaitāṃ brahmavidyāṃ vadeta
śirovrataṃ vidhivad yaistu cīrṇam ॥ 10॥

tadetat satyamṛṣiraṅgirāḥ
purovāca naitadacīrṇavrato'dhīte ।
namaḥ paramaṛṣibhyo namaḥ paramaṛṣibhyaḥ ॥ 11॥

॥ iti muṇḍakopaniṣadi tṛtīyamuṇḍake dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ॥

॥ ityatharvavedīya muṇḍakopaniṣatsamāptā ॥

oṃ bhadraṃ karṇebhiḥ॥॥śāntiḥ ॥
॥ oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥