Upanishads : "The cream of Vedas"

28/04/2018 ********* Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. ************** Slokam-1. Bahis-prajno vibhur-visvo hyantah-prajnastu taijasah, ghana-prajnas-tatha prajna eka eva tridha smrtah. *********************************** bahih prajno = who is conscious of the external; vibhuh = all pervasive; visvah = visva; hi = whereas; antah prajnah = who is conscious of the internal; tu = but; taijasah = is taijasa; ghana prajnah = (is) mass of consciousness; tatha = and; prajnah = is prakma; ekah eva = sama entity only; tridha = (in) three different ways; smrtah = (is) thought of. ******************* SUM of Mantram : ******* Visva, the first quarter ( pada ) is he, who is All-pervading and who experiences the external, the gross objects ( the Waker ). Taijasa, the second quarter ( pada ), is he, who cognates the internal, the subtle bodies ( the D

08/04/2018 ********* Mandukya Upanishad : Chapter-1. Agama Prakarana ( The Scriptural Treatise ) Sri Gaudapada's glossary begins : Karika Slokam-s 1 to 9. ************** Slokam-1. Bahis-prajno vibhur-visvo hyantah-prajnastu taijasah, ghana-prajnas-tatha prajna eka eva tridha smrtah. *********************************** bahih prajno = who is conscious of the external; vibhuh = all pervasive; visvah = visva; hi = whereas; antah prajnah = who is conscious of the internal; tu = but; taijasah = is taijasa; ghana prajnah = (is) mass of consciousness; tatha = and; prajnah = is prakma; ekah eva = sama entity only; tridha = (in) three different ways; smrtah = (is) thought of. ******************* SUM of Mantram : ******* Visva, the first quarter ( pada ) is he, who is All-pervading and who experiences the external, the gross objects ( the Waker ). Taijasa, the second quarter ( pada ), is he, who cognizes the internal, the subtle bodies ( the D