Mandukya Upanishad — Chapter 1: Agama Prakarana — The Teaching of Om
12 verses
Verse 1
Om — this syllable is all this. All that is past, present, and future is indeed Om. And whatever else there is beyond the three times — that too is O…
Verse 2
All this is indeed Brahman. This Self is Brahman. This same Self has four quarters.
Verse 3
The first quarter is Vaishvanara, whose sphere is the waking state, who is conscious of the external world, who has seven limbs and nineteen mouths, …
Verse 4
The second quarter is Taijasa, whose sphere is the dream state, who is conscious of the internal world, who has seven limbs and nineteen mouths, and …
Verse 5
Where the sleeper desires no desire and sees no dream, that is deep sleep. The third quarter is Prajna, whose sphere is deep sleep, in whom all has b…