Mundaka 3, Khanda 1
Original Sanskrit
3.1.1 द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया समानं वृक्षं परिषस्वजाते ।तयोरन्यः पिप्पलं स्वाद्वत्त्यनश्नन्नन्यो अभिचाकशीति ॥
3.1.2 समाने वृक्षे पुरुषो निमग्नोऽनीशया शोचति मुह्यमानः ।जुष्टं यदा पश्यत्यन्यमीशमस्यमहिमानमिति वीतशोकः ॥
3.1.3 यदा पश्यः पश्यते रुक्मवर्णंकर्तारमीशं पुरुषं ब्रह्मयोनिम् ।तदा विद्वान् पुण्यपापे विधूयनिरञ्जनः परमं साम्यमुपैति ॥
3.1.4 प्रणो ह्येष यः सर्वभूतैर्विभातिविजानन् विद्वान् भवते नातिवादी ।आत्मक्रीड आत्मरतिः क्रियावा-नेष ब्रह्मविदां वरिष्ठः ॥
3.1.5 सत्येन लभ्यस्तपसा ह्येष आत्मासम्यग्ज्ञानेन ब्रह्मचर्येण नित्यम् ।अन्तःशरीरे ज्योतिर्मयो हि शुभ्रोयं पश्यन्ति यतयः क्षीणदोषाः ॥
3.1.6 सत्यमेव जयते नानृतंसत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः ।येनाऽऽक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्याप्तकामायत्र तत् सत्यस्य परमं निधानम् ॥
3.1.7 बृहच्च तद् दिव्यमचिन्त्यरूपंसूक्ष्माच्च तत् सूक्ष्मतरं विभाति ।दूरात् सुदूरे तदिहान्तिके चपश्यन्त्विहैव निहितं गुहायाम् ॥
3.1.8 न चक्षुषा गृह्यते नापि वाचानान्यैर्देवैस्तपसा कर्मण वा ।ज्ञानप्रसादेन विशुद्धसत्त्व-स्ततस्तु तं पश्यते निष्कलंध्यायमानः ॥
3.1.9 एषोऽणुरात्मा चेतसा वेदितव्योयस्मिन् प्राणः पञ्चधा संविवेश ।प्राणैश्चित्तं सर्वमोतं प्रजानांयस्मिन् विशुद्धे विभवत्येष आत्मा ॥
3.1.10 यं यं लोकं मनसा संविभातिविशुद्धसत्त्वः कामयते यांश्च कामान् ।तं तं लोकं जयते तांश्च कामां-स्तस्मादात्मज्ञं ह्यर्चयेत् भूतिकामः ॥
॥ इति मुण्डकोपनिषदि तृतीयमुण्डके प्रथमः खण्डः ॥
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Sanskrit, covering all three mundakas, six khandas and 64 verses, with the opening peace invocation, colophons and abbreviated closing invocation. Source-language review by GPT-6.1 Sol.
3.1.1 Two fair-winged birds, inseparable companions, cling to the same tree.One eats its sweet fig; the other, not eating, watches.
3.1.2 On that same tree a person sinks,grieving in helplessness, bewildered.But on seeing the other, the beloved Lord,and his greatness, that person is freed from grief.
3.1.3 When the seer sees the golden-coloredmaker, the Lord, the Person, the source of Brahman,then, knowing, shaking off good and evil,stainless, the seer attains the highest equality.
3.1.4 He is the life-breath that shines through every being.The wise one who knows this does not boast.Delighting in the Self, rejoicing in the Self, active in deeds—this is the foremost of those who know Brahman.
3.1.5 Through truth, through ardor, this Self is attained,through right knowledge and constant celibacy.Within the body, radiant and pure,he is seen by those who strive, their faults worn away.
3.1.6 Truth alone triumphs, not falsehood.By truth the path of the gods is laid out,along which the seers, their desires fulfilled, advanceto the highest dwelling place of truth.
3.1.7 Vast, luminous, beyond thought in form,it shines, subtler than the subtle.Farther than the far, yet close at hand here—see it here, hidden in the cave.
3.1.8 Not by the eye is it grasped, nor by speech,nor by other powers, by ardor or by deeds.Through the clarity of knowledge, one's being purified,one beholds that partless onein meditation.
3.1.9 This subtle Self must be known through the mind,into which life-breath has entered in five forms.The minds of creatures are wholly woven with life-breaths;when the mind is purified, this Self shines forth.
3.1.10 Whatever world a person of purified being envisions,whatever desires that person desires,that world and those desires are won.Therefore let one who seeks prosperity honor the knower of the Self.
Thus ends the first khanda of the third mundaka in the Mundaka Upanishad.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the Sanskrit, covering all three mundakas, six khandas and 64 verses, with the opening peace invocation, colophons and abbreviated closing invocation. Source-language review by GPT-6.1 Sol.
3.1.1 Two birds with beautiful wings, companions joined together, cling to the same tree.One eats the sweet pipal fruit; the other, not eating, watches.
3.1.2 In that same tree a person is sunk,grieving helplessly, confused.When he sees the other, the beloved Lord, and hisgreatness, he is free of grief.
3.1.3 When the one who sees beholds the golden-colored one,the maker, the Lord, the Person, the source of Brahman,then, knowing, he shakes off good and evil,and, without stain, reaches the highest equality.
3.1.4 This is the life-breath that shines through all beings.Understanding this, the knowledgeable person does not make boastful claims.Playing in the Self, delighting in the Self, active—this person is the foremost of those who know Brahman.
3.1.5 This Self is reached through truth and austerity,through right knowledge and celibacy, practiced continually.Within the body it is pure and full of light;those who strive, whose faults have dwindled away, see it.
3.1.6 Truth alone wins, not falsehood.Through truth the path leading to the gods is laid out.Along it travel the seers whose desires are fulfilled,to where truth's highest treasure is kept.
3.1.7 It is vast and radiant; its form cannot be conceived.It shines, subtler than the subtle.It is much farther than the far, and also close at hand here.Let them see it right here, hidden in the cave.
3.1.8 It is not grasped by the eye or by speech,by the other divine powers, by austerity, or by action.But through the clarity of knowledge, one whose inner being is purethen sees it, without parts,while meditating.
3.1.9 This subtle Self must be known through the mind,into which life-breath has entered in five forms.The mind of every creature is woven through with the life-breaths;when it is purified, this Self shines forth.
3.1.10 Whatever world someone with a pure inner beingpictures in the mind, and whatever desires that person has,that person wins that world and those desired things.So anyone who wants prosperity should honor one who knows the Self.
Here ends the first khanda of the third mundaka in the Mundaka Upanishad.
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