Mundaka Upanishad — Chapter 2: Mundaka 1, Khanda 2: Critique of Ritualism
13 verses
Verse 1
This is the truth. The works which the sages found in the mantras are manifold in the Treta (three sacred fires). Practise them diligently, O lovers …
Verse 2
When the flame flickers after the fire is kindled, then between the offerings of ghee one should make the oblations.
Verse 3
He whose Agnihotra sacrifice is without the new-moon and full-moon rites, without the four-monthly rites, without the harvest offering, unattended by…
Verse 4
Kali (the black), Karali (the terrifying), Manojava (swift as thought), Sulohita (the deep red), Sudhumravarna (the smoke-coloured), Sphulingini (the…
Verse 5
He who performs the fire-rites when these flames are blazing, offering oblations at the proper time — these carry him as rays of the sun to where the…