Mundaka Upanishad - Mundaka 3, Section 2 - Grantha

The second section of the third Mundaka is the Upanishad's final liberation seal. After guiding the seeker through discrimination, contemplative method, and witness-recognition, this concluding section states with directness what realization is, who is prepared for it, how bondage ends, and how the knower abides.

Its progression is exact: the Brahman-abode and desirelessness, the law of desire-driven rebirth, the limits of mere scholarship, the indispensability of strength, alertness, and disciplined austerity, the nature of realized sages, Vedantic certainty through renunciation, dissolution of constituents, river-ocean merging metaphor, becoming Brahman through knowledge, and disciplined transmission protocol.

॥ 𑌤𑍃𑌤𑍀𑌯𑌮𑍁𑌂𑌡𑌕𑍇 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍀𑌯𑌃 𑌖𑌂𑌡𑌃 ॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
This is the second section of the third Mundaka, the concluding liberation-oriented section of the Upanishad.

𑌸 𑌵𑍇𑌦𑍈𑌤𑌤𑍍 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌂 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌧𑌾𑌮
𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍁𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌉𑌪𑌾𑌸𑌤𑍇 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷𑌂 𑌯𑍇 𑌹𑍍𑌯𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇
𑌶𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍇𑌤𑌦𑌤𑌿𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌧𑍀𑌰𑌾𑌃 ॥ 1॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
One who knows the supreme Brahman-abode in which the whole universe is established and shines pure - those desireless contemplatives of the supreme conscious reality, being steadfast, go beyond the seed of rebirth.

𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌯𑌃 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌃
𑌸 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌭𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌰 ।
𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁
𑌇𑌹𑍈𑌵 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌲𑍀𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌃 ॥ 2॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
One who continually desires objects is born again and again according to those desires; but for the fulfilled, self-integrated knower, all desires dissolve here itself.

𑌨𑌾𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌚𑌨𑍇𑌨 𑌲𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍋
𑌨 𑌮𑍇𑌧𑌯𑌾 𑌨 𑌬𑌹𑍁𑌨𑌾 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑍇𑌨 ।
𑌯𑌮𑍇𑌵𑍈𑌷 𑌵𑍃𑌣𑍁𑌤𑍇 𑌤𑍇𑌨 𑌲𑌭𑍍𑌯-
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍈𑌷 𑌆𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌵𑍃𑌣𑍁𑌤𑍇 𑌤𑌨𑍂𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌮𑍍 ॥ 3॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
This Self is not attained by discourse, mere intelligence, or extensive hearing alone; it is attained by the one wholly aligned to it, to whom the Self reveals its own nature.

𑌨𑌾𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌬𑌲𑌹𑍀𑌨𑍇𑌨 𑌲𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍋
𑌨 𑌚 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌤𑍍 𑌤𑌪𑌸𑍋 𑌵𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌲𑌿𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌤𑍍 ।
𑌏𑌤𑍈𑌰𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌯𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌤𑍇 𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌂-
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍈𑌷 𑌆𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑌤𑍇 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌧𑌾𑌮 ॥ 4॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
The Self is not attained by inner weakness, heedlessness, or merely external ascetic marks; but the discerning one who strives through right means realizes this Self in Brahman-abidance.

𑌸𑌂𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯𑍈𑌨𑌮𑍃𑌷𑌯𑍋 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌤𑍃𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌃
𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍋 𑌵𑍀𑌤𑌰𑌾𑌗𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌾𑌃
𑌤𑍇 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌗𑌂 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯 𑌧𑍀𑌰𑌾
𑌯𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌶𑌂𑌤𑌿 ॥ 5॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Having realized this, sages become fulfilled in knowledge, self-mastered, attachment-free, and peaceful; realizing the all-pervading, integrated in Self, they become one with all.

𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌵𑌿𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌸𑍁𑌨𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌾𑌃
𑌸𑌂𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌾𑌦𑍍 𑌯𑌤𑌯𑌃 𑌶𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌃 ।
𑌤𑍇 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌲𑍋𑌕𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌕𑌾𑌲𑍇
𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌮𑍃𑌤𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌮𑍁𑌚𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇 ॥ 6॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Those who have firmly ascertained Vedantic truth, and through renunciate discipline are purified in mind, attain complete liberation as supreme immortality at final consummation.

𑌗𑌤𑌾𑌃 𑌕𑌲𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑌂𑌚𑌦𑌶 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌾
𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌤𑌾𑌸𑍁 ।
𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌣𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌮𑌯𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌆𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾
𑌪𑌰𑍇𑌽𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌯𑍇 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌏𑌕𑍀𑌭𑌵𑌂𑌤𑌿 ॥ 𑍭॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
At dissolution, the fifteen constituents return to their sources, sensory powers to their presiding principles, and karmic and intellect-associated individuality resolves into the supreme imperishable.

𑌯𑌥𑌾 𑌨𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌂𑌦𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑌮𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌽
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌗𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌰𑍂𑌪𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌯 ।
𑌤𑌥𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌃
𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷𑌮𑍁𑌪𑍈𑌤𑌿 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍 ॥ 𑍮॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
As flowing rivers enter the ocean leaving separate names and forms, so the knower, freed from name-form identification, attains the supreme luminous conscious reality beyond all.

𑌸 𑌯𑍋 𑌹 𑌵𑍈 𑌤𑌤𑍍 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌂 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌵𑍇𑌦
𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑍈𑌵 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌨𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌲𑍇 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 ।
𑌤𑌰𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍋𑌕𑌂 𑌤𑌰𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌗𑍁𑌹𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌂𑌥𑌿𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍋
𑌵𑌿𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌽𑌮𑍃𑌤𑍋 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 ॥ 𑍯॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Who truly knows the supreme Brahman becomes Brahman; in that lineage ignorance does not persist. One crosses sorrow and sin-bondage, and being freed from the knots of the heart becomes immortal.

𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌤𑌦𑍃𑌚𑌾𑌽𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌂𑌤𑌃 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌨𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌾𑌃
𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌂 𑌜𑍁𑌹𑍍𑌵𑌤 𑌏𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌯𑌂𑌤𑌃 ।
𑌤𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌮𑍇𑌵𑍈𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌵𑌦𑍇𑌤
𑌶𑌿𑌰𑍋𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌧𑌿𑌵𑌦𑍍 𑌯𑍈𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌚𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌮𑍍 ॥ 10॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Thus it is declared: this knowledge of Brahman should be taught only to those disciplined in conduct, grounded in scripture and Brahman-abidance, endowed with reverent trust, and who have duly completed the required observances.

𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌤𑌤𑍍 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍃𑌷𑌿𑌰𑌂𑌗𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌃
𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍋𑌵𑌾𑌚 𑌨𑍈𑌤𑌦𑌚𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍋𑌽𑌧𑍀𑌤𑍇 ।
𑌨𑌮𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑍃𑌷𑌿𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌨𑌮𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑍃𑌷𑌿𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌃 ॥ 11॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
This indeed is truth, declared anciently by sage Angiras. It is not to be studied by one who has not completed the required discipline. Salutations to the supreme seers.

॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑍁𑌂𑌡𑌕𑍋𑌪𑌨𑌿𑌷𑌦𑌿 𑌤𑍃𑌤𑍀𑌯𑌮𑍁𑌂𑌡𑌕𑍇 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍀𑌯𑌃 𑌖𑌂𑌡𑌃 ॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Thus ends the second section of the third Mundaka in the Mundaka Upanishad.

॥ 𑌇𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌥𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌵𑍇𑌦𑍀𑌯 𑌮𑍁𑌂𑌡𑌕𑍋𑌪𑌨𑌿𑌷𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌾 ॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Thus the Mundaka Upanishad belonging to the Atharva Veda is concluded.

𑌓𑌂 𑌭@𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌣𑍇#𑌭𑌿𑌃 𑌶𑍃𑌣𑍁@𑌯𑌾𑌮# 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌃 । 𑌭@𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌪#𑌶𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌮𑌾@𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌭𑌿@-𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌜#𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌃 । 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿@𑌰𑍈𑌰𑌂𑌗𑍈$𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍁@𑌵𑌾𑌗𑌂 𑌸#𑌸𑍍𑌤@𑌨𑍂𑌭𑌿#𑌃 । 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌶𑍇#𑌮 𑌦𑍇@𑌵𑌹𑌿#𑌤@𑌂 𑌯𑌦𑌾𑌯𑍁#𑌃 । 𑌸𑍍𑌵@𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌨@ 𑌇𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍋# 𑌵𑍃@𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌶𑍍𑌰#𑌵𑌾𑌃 । 𑌸𑍍𑌵@𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌨#𑌃 𑌪𑍂@𑌷𑌾 𑌵𑌿@𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌵𑍇#𑌦𑌾𑌃 । 𑌸𑍍𑌵@𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌨@𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌯𑍋@ 𑌅𑌰𑌿#𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌨𑍇𑌮𑌿𑌃 । 𑌸𑍍𑌵@𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌨𑍋@ 𑌬𑍃𑌹@𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌤𑌿#-𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌧𑌾𑌤𑍁 ॥
𑌓𑌂 𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿@𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿@𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿#𑌃 ॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
May we hear and see what is auspicious, and with steady faculties live the life aligned to divine good; may there be peace, peace, peace.

॥ 𑌓𑌂 𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌂𑌤𑌿𑌃 ॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
The sacred syllable Om. Peace, peace, peace.

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