Mandukya Upanishad
Sanskrit
ॐ भद्रं कर्णेभिः शृणुयाम देवाः भद्रं पश्येमाक्षभिर्यजत्राः ।स्थिरैरङ्गैस्तुष्टुवाँसस्तनूभिर्व्यशेम देवहितं यदायुः ॥स्वस्ति न इन्द्रो वृद्धश्रवाः स्वस्ति नः पूषा विश्ववेदाः ।स्वस्ति नस्तार्क्ष्यो अरिष्टनेमिः स्वस्ति नो बृहस्पतिर्दधातु ॥ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
ओमित्येतदक्षरमिदँसर्वं तस्योपव्याख्यानभूतं भवद् भविष्यदिति सर्वमोङ्कार एव।यच्चान्यत् त्रिकालातीतं तदप्योङ्कार एव ॥ १ ॥
सर्वं ह्येतद् ब्रह्मायमात्मा ब्रह्म सोऽयमात्मा चतुष्पात् ॥ २ ॥
जागरितस्थानो बहिःप्रज्ञः सप्ताङ्ग एकोनविंशतिमुखः स्थूलभुग्वैश्वानरः प्रथमः पादः ॥ ३ ॥
स्वप्नस्थानोऽन्तःप्रज्ञः सप्ताङ्ग एकोनविंशतिमुखः प्रविविक्तभुक्तैजसो द्वितीयः पादः ॥ ४ ॥
यत्र सुप्तो न कञ्चन कामं कामयते न कञ्चन स्वप्नं पश्यति तत् सुषुप्तम् ।सुषुप्तस्थान एकीभूतः प्रज्ञानघन एवानन्दमयो ह्यानन्दभुक् चेतोमुखः प्राज्ञस्तृतीयः पादः ॥ ५ ॥
एष सर्वेश्वर एष सर्वज्ञ एषोऽन्तर्याम्येष योनिः सर्वस्य प्रभवाप्ययौ हि भूतानाम् ॥ ६ ॥
नान्तःप्रज्ञं न बहिष्प्रज्ञं नोभयतःप्रज्ञं न प्रज्ञानघनं न प्रज्ञं नाप्रज्ञम् ।अदृष्टमव्यवहार्यमग्राह्यमलक्षणं अचिन्त्यमव्यपदेश्यमेकात्मप्रत्ययासारं प्रपञ्चोपशमं शान्तं शिवमद्वैतं चतुर्थं मन्यन्ते स आत्मा स विज्ञेयः ॥ ७ ॥
सोऽयमात्माध्यक्षरमोङ्करोऽधिमात्रं पादा मात्रा मात्राश्च पादा अकार उकारो मकार इति ॥ ८ ॥
जागरितस्थानो वैश्वानरोऽकारः प्रथमा मात्राऽऽप्तेरादिमत्त्वाद्वाऽऽप्नोति ह वै सर्वान् कामानादिश्च भवति य एवं वेद ॥ ९ ॥
स्वप्नस्थानस्तैजस उकारो द्वितीया मात्रोत्कर्षात् उभयत्वाद्वोत्कर्षति ह वै ज्ञानसन्ततिं समानश्च भवति नास्याऽब्रह्मवित्कुले भवति य एवं वेद ॥ १० ॥
सुषुप्तस्थानः प्राज्ञो मकारस्तृतीया मात्रा मितेरपीतेर्वा मिनोति ह वा इदं सर्वमपीतिश्च भवति य एवं वेद ॥ ११ ॥
अमात्रश्चतुर्थोऽव्यवहार्यः प्रपञ्चोपशमः शिवोऽद्वैत एवमोङ्कार आत्मैव संविशत्यात्मनाऽऽत्मानं य एवं वेद ॥ १२ ॥
॥ इति माण्डुक्योपनिषत् समाप्ता ॥
English
Om. Gods, may we hear what is good with our ears. You who deserve worship, may we see what is good with our eyes.With our bodies and limbs steady, may we spend the lifetime the gods have allotted us praising you.May Indra, whose fame is great, give us well-being. May Pushan, who knows everything, give us well-being.May Tarkshya, whose wheel rim is unbroken, give us well-being. May Brihaspati give us well-being.Om. Peace, peace, peace.
1 Om—this syllable is all this. Here is its explanation: everything past, present, and future is simply Om.Whatever is beyond these three times is also simply Om.
2 All this is Brahman. This Self is Brahman. This Self has four quarters.
3 The first quarter is Vaishvanara. Its state is waking. It is aware of what is outside, has seven limbs and nineteen mouths, and experiences physical things.
4 The second quarter is Taijasa. Its state is dreaming. It is aware of what is inside, has seven limbs and nineteen mouths, and experiences subtle things.
5 Deep sleep is when a sleeper wants nothing and sees no dream.The third quarter is Prajna. Its state is deep sleep. It has become one, nothing but an undivided mass of awareness. It is full of joy and experiences joy. It is the entry into consciousness.
6 This is the lord of all. This knows everything. This is the inner ruler. This is the source of everything, for beings arise from it and return to it.
7 It is not aware of what is inside, not aware of what is outside, not aware of both, not a mass of awareness, not aware, and not unaware.It cannot be seen, dealt with, grasped, identified by any feature, thought about, or described. Its essence is the awareness of the one Self. In it, the world of separate things comes to rest. It is peaceful, good, and without a second. This is what they consider the fourth. This is the Self. This is what must be known.
8 This same Self, considered as a syllable, is Om. Considered in terms of its sound-parts, its quarters are the sound-parts, and the sound-parts are its quarters: A, U, and M.
9 Vaishvanara, whose state is waking, is A, the first sound-part, because of reaching (apti) or being first (adimattva). Whoever knows this reaches everything they desire and becomes first.
10 Taijasa, whose state is dreaming, is U, the second sound-part, because of raising up (utkarsha) or being between the two (ubhayatva). Whoever knows this advances the continuing line of knowledge and becomes equal. No one in their family is without knowledge of Brahman.
11 Prajna, whose state is deep sleep, is M, the third sound-part, because of measuring (miti) or merging (apiti). Whoever knows this measures all this and becomes that into which it merges.
12 The fourth has no sound-part. It cannot be dealt with. In it, the world of separate things comes to rest. It is good and without a second. In this way, Om is the Self itself. Whoever knows this enters the Self through the Self.
Here ends the Mandukya Upanishad.