Mundaka Upanishad — Chapter 4: Mundaka 2, Khanda 2: The Bow and Arrow of Meditation
10 verses
Verse 1
Self-luminous, ever dwelling near, the great Being moves in the cave of the heart. In It is centered everything that moves, breathes, and blinks. Kno…
Verse 2
That which shines and is subtler than the subtle, in which the worlds and their inhabitants are set — that is the indestructible Brahman; It is life,…
Verse 3
Taking the great weapon of the Upanishad as the bow, fix on it the arrow sharpened by meditation. Draw it with a mind absorbed in the thought of Brah…
Verse 4
Om is the bow, the Self (atman) is the arrow, and Brahman is said to be the target. It is to be hit by one who is undistracted. One should become one…
Verse 5
In whom the sky, the earth, and the mid-region are woven, together with the mind and all the breaths — know Him alone as the one Self. Abandon all ot…