37. Mandukya Upanishad | Chapter 3 Karika 4-11 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied with Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Chapter 3 Karika 4-11.

Karika 4: ghaṭādiṣu pralīneṣu ghaṭākāśādayo yathā | ākāśe saṃpralīyante tadvajjīvā ihātmani || 4 ||

Karika 5: yathaikasmiṅghāṭākāśe rajodhūmādibhiryute | na sarve saṃprayujyante tadvajjīvāḥ sukhādibhiḥ || 5 ||

Karika 6: rūpakāryasamākhyāśca bhidyante tatra tatra vai | ākāśasya na bhedo'sti tadvajjīveṣunirṇayaḥ || 6 ||

Karika 7: nā''kāśasya ghaṭākāśo vikārāvayavau yathā | naivā''tmanaḥ sadā jīvo vikārāvayavau tathā || 7 ||

Karika 8: yathā bhavati bālānāṃ gaganaṃ malinaṃ malaiḥ | tathā bhavatyabuddhānāmātmā'pi malino malaiḥ || 8 ||

Karika 9: maraṇe saṃbhave caiva gatyāgamanayor api | sthitau sarvaśarīreṣu ākāśenāvilakṣaṇaḥ || 9 ||

Karika 10: saṃghātāḥ svapnavatsarve ātmamāyāvisarjitāḥ | ādhikye sarvasāmye vā nopapattirhi vidyate || 10 ||

Karika 11: rasādayo hi ye kośā vyākhyātāstaittirīyake | teṣāmātmā paro jīvaḥ khaṃ yathā saṃprakāśitaḥ || 11 ||

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