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नायमात्मा बलहीनेन लभ्यो न च प्रमादात्तपसो वाप्यलिङ्गात् ।
एतैरुपायैर्यतते यस्तु विद्वांस्तस्यैष आत्मा विशते ब्रह्मधाम ॥ ४ ॥

nāyamātmā balahīnena labhyo na ca pramādāttapaso vāpyaliṅgāt |
etairupāyairyatate yastu vidvāṃstasyaiṣa ātmā viśate brahmadhāma || 4 ||

4. This Atman cannot he attained by one devoid of strength or by excitement or by tapas devoid of linga. But of the knower who strives with these aids, the Atman enters into the Brahman. MUNDAKOPANISHAD : CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM-4.

Or

“The  Self  is  not  gained  by  the  weak  ( in  body,  mind,  and  intellect  or  Spirit ),  nor  by  the  insincere,  nor  by  those  practicing  ( unintelligent )  austerities,  but  wise  men  who  strive  with  vigour,  attention  and  prosperity  attain  union  with  Brahmam.”  MUNDAKOPANISHAD : CHAPTER-3. SECTION-2. MANTRAM-4.

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ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय

तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय

मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय

ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः

Transliteration

oṃ asato mā sadgamaya

tamaso mā jyotirgamaya

mṛtyormā amṛtaṃ gamaya — Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

om  Lead me from the unreal to the real,

Lead me from darkness to light,

Lead me from death to immortality- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

Or

Asato mā sadgamaya: Lead me from the unreal (illusion) to the real (truth/being).

Tamaso mā jyotirgamaya: Lead me from darkness (ignorance) to light (spiritual knowledge).

Mrityormā’mṛtaṃ gamaya: Lead me from death to immortality (realization of the eternal soul).

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sūkṣmātisūkṣmaṃ kalilasya madhye viśvasya sraṣṭāram anekarūpaṃ /

viśvasyaikaṃ pariveṣṭitāraṃ jñātvā śivaṃ śāntim atyantam eti // 4.14 // Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (Chapter 4, Mantra 14),

सूक्ष्मातिसूक्ष्मं कलिलस्य मध्ये विश्वस्य स्रष्टारमनेकरुपम् ।विश्वस्यैकं परिवेष्टितारं ज्ञात्वा शिवं शान्तिमत्यन्तमेति ॥१४॥

Transliteration (IAST)sūkṣmātisūkṣmaṃ kalilasya madhye viśvasya sraṣṭāram anekarūpaṃviśvasyaikaṃ pariveṣṭitāraṃ jñātvā śivaṃ śāntim atyantam eti

Meaning

By realizing Him who is subtler than the subtlest who dwells in the midst of the chaos, who is the Creator of all things and is endowed with many forms, who is the  non-dual Pervader of the universe and all good – by realizing Him one attains the supreme peace. Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (Chapter 4, Mantra 14).

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द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया समानं वृक्षं परिषस्वजाते ।
तयोरन्यः पिप्पलं स्वाद्वत्त्यनश्नन्नन्यो अभिचाकशीति ॥ १ ॥ Mundakopanishad 3-1

dvā suparṇā sayujā sakhāyā samānaṃ vṛkṣaṃ pariṣasvajāte |
tayoranyaḥ pippalaṃ svādvattyanaśnannanyo abhicākaśīti || 1 ||

Mundakopanishad 3-1

1. Two inseparable companions of fine plumage perch on the self-same tree. One of the two feeds on the delicious fruit. The other not tasting of it looks on.

Shankara’s Commentary:

It is here that the Atman, conditioned in the subtle body to which ignorance, desire, karma and their unmanifested tendencies cling, and Isvara are perched like birds. Of these two so perched, one, i.e., kshetrajna occupying the subtle body eats, i.e., tastes from ignorance the fruits of karma marked as happiness and misery, palatable in many and diversified modes; the other, i.e., tbe lord, eternal, pure, intelligent and free in his nature, omniscient and conditioned by maya does not eat; for, lie is the director of both the eater and the thing eaten, by the fact of Ids mere existence as the eternal witness (of all); not tasting, he merely looks on; for, his mere witnessing is direction, as in the case of a king. Mundakopanishad 3-1

Kanchi Paramacharya  (1894-1994) has pointed out that The Bible has taken this story from us.

Jeeve Atma = EVE in Old Testament

Param Atma = ADAM in Old Testament

Left rib = EVE = Ardhanaari (Left is Uma Right is Siva)

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समाने वृक्षे पुरुषो निमग्नोऽनिशया शोचति मुह्यमानः।
जुष्टं यदा पश्यत्यन्यमीशमस्य महिमानमिति वीतशोकः ॥

मुण्डकोपनिषद्तृतीयो मुण्डकःप्रथमः खण्डःVerse २

Samane vrukshe purusho nimagno
Aneeshaya shochati muhyamanah
Jushtam yad pashyatyanyameesham
Asya mahimanamiti veetashokah

—Mundakopanishad 3-1 -2

On the same tree the bird which is involved with the tree on which it sitting is not in command of itself. It is affected by whatever is happening on the tree. It is affected by sorrows because it is caught in the trappings of maya. The bird which identifies with the Lord who transcends everything sees everything around him as his own manifestations and transcends all sorrows.

Or

The soul is the bird that sits immersed on the one common tree; but because he is not lord he is bewildered and has sorrow. But when he sees that other who is the Lord and beloved, he knows that all is His greatness and his sorrow passes away from him.

To be continued…………………..

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