Mundaka-3-2-8-yathā nadyaḥ

Mundaka Upanishad – Mundaka 3 – Chapter 2 – Verse 8 « »

यथा नद्यः स्यन्दमानाः समुद्रेऽ
स्तं गच्छन्ति नामरूपे विहाय ।
तथा विद्वान् नामरूपाद्विमुक्तः
परात्परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम् ॥ ८॥

yathā nadyaḥ syandamānāḥ samudre’
staṃ gacchanti nāmarūpe vihāya .
tathā vidvān nāmarūpādvimuktaḥ
parātparaṃ puruṣamupaiti divyam .. 8..

8 As flowing rivers disappear in the sea, losing their names and forms, so a wise man, freed from name and form, attains the Purusha, who is greater than the Great.

Word Meaning
यथा (yathā) – as
नद्यः (nadyaḥ) – rivers
स्यन्दमानाः (syandamānāḥ) – flowing
समुद्रे (samudre) – into the sea
अस्तं (astaṃ) – disappear
गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) – get
नामरूपे (nāmarūpe) – name and shape
विहाय (vihāya) – losing
तथा (tathā) – thus
विद्वान् (vidvān) – the wise man
नामरूपात् (nāmarūpāt) – from name and form
विमुक्तः (vimuktaḥ) – being free
परात्परं (parātparaṃ) – the highest of the high
पुरुषम् (puruṣam) – (Puruṣa) supreme divinity
उपैति (upaiti) – attains
दिव्यम् (divyam) – eternal

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Sri Shankara’s Commentary (Bhashya) translated by S. Sitarama Sastri

Com.—Moreover, just as flowing streams such as the Granges and the rest having reached the sea give up their distinct individuality in it, losing both their names and form, so, the knower being freed from name and form, created by ignorance, reaches the resplendent purusha above defined, who is beyond the avyakta already explained.

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Various resources on the Mundakopanishad
Upanishad Series – Mundakopanishad Commentary by Swami Chinmayananda

Mundaka Upanishad – Verse 8 – Mundaka-3-2-8-yathā nadyaḥ – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Meaning and Commentary by Adi Shankaracharya (Sankara Bhashya) – Mundaka-3-2-8