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bhB:Üt:ūö taBṃ:v:dbhavadÏ B:ev: bhavi\y:edet:ṣyad s:v: iti sarvamüm::ð¢ar oOṅvk:ā ra. eva .. m:aNRVym:aNRÜVy::::p:enðp:en:\:dÎ .. Māṇḍūkya Upanishad yacy:cc:any:t: cānyatÎ trike*:ākal:at:it:lātītaṃ tadö apyt:dpy:: oṅkð¢arāra evaOv: .. 1.. from the Atharva Veda The letter is all this. Its exposition follows: Past, present, and future – all is om indeed. And anything beyond the three periods of time is also om.

¤ sarvas:v:üö Êṃðt:dhyetadÏ b:ÒÉay:m:atm:abrahmāyam b:ātmÒÉā jj:ag:ert:sT:an::āgarita-sthāno bahið b:eh\)wHṣ-prajñaḥ s:pt:a¤ saptāṅga 2.. s::ð|y:m:atm:a c:t:\Ø p:at:Î .. 2.. so 'yam ātmā catuṣpāt ekona-viOk:ðn:ev:ṃśöS:et:m:ati-mukhaØK:HØ sḥT: sthÜl:B:ūla-bhugØgv:Ø òÃ:an:rH vaiśvānaraḥ

All this is . This ātmā is brahman. )T:m:H p:ad H .. 3.. That which is this ātmā has four parts. prathamaḥ pādaḥ

Abiding in the waking state, the consciousness that goes out, having seven limbs and nineteen mouths, experiencing physical things, is the first part, Vaiśvānara. svapnasv:pn:sT:an::-sthānoð|nt:H'ntaḥ )wH-prajña s:pt:a¤ḥ saptāṅga yatray:*: s:suptoØpt::ð n:na kWc:n:kañcana kam:kāmaö ṃkam:y:t:kāmayateð . ekona-viOk:ðn:ev:ṃśöS:et:m:ati-mukhaØK:H )ḥev:ev:Vt:B:pravivikta-bhukØVt:òj:s:: taijasoð nan: kañcanakWc:n: s svapnav:pn:ö pṃ:Sy:et:paśyati t:t: tatÎ sus:\Øṣ:uptamØpt:m:Î .

When the sleeping person desires nothing e¾t:iy:Hdvitīyaḥ ppā:adHdaḥ .. 4.. and sees no dreams, that is deep sleep.

Abiding in the dream state, the consciousness that is within, having seven limbs and nineteen mouths , experiencing subtle things, is the second part, Taijasa.

sus:Ø\:ṣuptaØpt:sT:an:-sthā naOkiB: ekī-bhÜt:Hūta )wan:G:n:ḥ prajñāna-ghana eO\:ṣa sarves:v:ðüÃ:rśvara O\:eṣ as:v:sarvajñaüw O\::eð|nt:y:aṣo 'ntarümy:-yāð\:myeṣa evOv:an:ndm:yānanda-mayo::ð Ê hyan:ndB:ānanda-bhukØkÏ c:ðt:: ceto-mukhaðm:ØK:H ḥ yoniy::ðen:Hḥ sarvasyas:v:üsy: prabhav)B:v:apy:y::āpyayauò eh hiB: Üt:an:am:bhūtānāÎ m.. 6.. pr)awst:t:iy:Hawst:ājñas àt:iy:Htṛtīyaḥ p:adHpādaḥ .. 5 .. This is master of all, this is omnicient, this controls from within, this is the source of all, the origin and dissolution of all beings. Abiding in deep sleep, the undifferentiated, dense consciousness, blissful, experiencing bliss , the doorway (to experience), is the third part, Prājña. nn:ant:H)wāntaḥ-prajñaö n: ṃb:eh\)w na bahiṣö -n::prajñaðB:y:t:H)wṃ nobhayataḥ-prajñaṃ adAdṛṣṭáÄm:vy:v:hay:am avyavahāüm:g:ryamÒaÊm:l:x:N:agrāhyamö alakṣaṇam nan: prajñ)wan:G:n:āna-ghanaö n: )ṃw naö n:a) prajñawm:ṃÎ .nāprajñam acintyamAec:nty:m:vy:p:d avyapadeðSy:m:śyamðkatm ekātma-pratyaya-s:)ty:y:s:arö āraṃ

Not consciousness of the inner world, Unseen, non-relational, beyond grasp, indefinable, nor consciousness of the outer world, unimaginable, indescribable, whose essence is in nor consciousness of both worlds, every thought… nor dense consciousness, nor mere consciousness, nor unconsciousness.

prapañcopa)p:Wc::ðp:S:m:śamaö S:ant:ṃ śāö eS:v:m:¾ntaṃ śivamòt:ö advaitaṃ sos:: ð|y:m:atm:aDy:x:rm::'yam ātmādhyakṣaramð¢ar:oṅð kāro c:t:ØT:üö m:ny:nt:ð s: A:tm:a s: ev:wðy:H .. 7.. |eD:m:a*:ö p:ada m:a*:a m:a*:aÁ: p:ada caturthaṃ manyante sa ātmā sa vijñeyaḥ 'dhimātraṃ pādā mātrā mātrāś ca pādā

…in which worldly things are absent, silent, Akarakāra uk ukar:āro makð ām:karra iti Eet:..: .. 8.. auspp,icious, nondual – theyyp consider it the fourth part. That is ātmā. That is to be known. With regard to syllables, om is that very ātmā. With regard to letters, the letters are the states and the states are the letters: a, u, and m. jj:ag:ert:sT:an::āgarita-sthāno vaið v:śòÃ:an:r:vānaroð|karH'kāraḥ pratham)T:m:a ā svapnasv:pn:sT:an:st:-sthānasòj:s:taijasa ukar:ukāroð e¾t:iy:advitīyā m m:a*::ātrotkarðtk\:aṣādüdÎ m:a*:a||pt:ðraedm:¶v:adÏ v:a||pn::ðet: h v:ò uB:y:tv:a¾:ðtk\:üet: h v:ò wan:s:nt:et:ö s:m:an:Á: mātrā 'pter ādimattvādvā 'pnoti ha vai ubhayatvād votkarṣati ha vai jñāna-santatiṃ samānaś s:v:as:v:an:ün:Î kam:an:aedÁ: B:v:et: y: Ov:ö v:v:dðd .. 9.. B:v:et: n:asy:ab:Éev:tkl:n:asy:ab:ÒÉev:tkÙl:ð B:v:et: y: Ov:ö v:v:dðd.. .. 10 sarvānkāmān ādiś ca bhavati ya evaṃ veda ca bhavati nāsyābrahmavit kule bhavati ya evaṃ veda

The first letter, a, represents Vaiśvānara in the waking The second letter, u, represents Taijasa in the dream state because of pervasiveness or being first. state because of excellence or intermediacy .

One who knows thus fulfills all desires and becomes One who knows thus grows in knowledge and foremost. becomes the same for all. In his family, none are born who do not know brahman.

sus:Ø\:ṣuptaØpt:sT:an:H-sthāna )aw:ḥ prāð jñom:karst:makārasàt:iy:atṛtīy ām:a*:amātrā amAm:a*:Á:t:ātraś caturthoØT::ðü|vy:v:hay:'vyavahüH)p:Wc::āryaḥ prapañcopaðp:S:m:H śamaḥ miterem:t:ðrp:it: apīterðv:a vāü eminotim:n::ðet ha: h v āv:aida ṃEdsarvamö s:v:üm:p:iet:Á: apītiś ca śeS:v::ivo'dvaitað|¾òt: evamOv:m:: oð¢arṅkāra A:tm:ātmaivaòv: s: saöev:S:ty:atm:n:aṃviśaty ātmanā

||tm:an:ö y: Ov:ö v:v:dðd .. 12.. bhavatiB:v:et: y: ya Ov: evaṃö v:v:dvedaðd .. 11.. 'tmānaṃ ya evaṃ veda

The third letter, m, represents Prājña in the sleep state Having no letter is the fourth part – non-relational, because of measuring or absorption. in which worldl y thi ngs are ab sent , auspi ci ous, nondual. Thus om is ātmā indeed. One who knows thus measures all this and gains absorption. One who knows thus enters ātmā by means of ātmā.