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Mundaka Upanishad — Chapter 3: Mundaka 2, Khanda 1: Brahman — the Source of All

10 verses

Verse 1

This is the truth: as from a blazing fire, sparks of like form issue forth by the thousands, so from the Imperishable, O gentle one, beings of many k…

Verse 2

The divine Person is self-luminous, formless, existing within and without, unborn, without breath and without mind, pure, higher than the high Imperi…

Verse 3

From Him arise life-breath, mind, and all the senses; space, air, fire, water, and earth — the support of all.

Verse 4

Fire is His head, the sun and moon His eyes, the quarters His ears, the revealed Vedas His speech, air His breath, the universe His heart, the earth …

Verse 5

From Him comes fire with the sun as its fuel; from the moon comes rain, and from rain the herbs upon the earth. The male sheds seed in the female — t…