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काली कराली च मनोजवा च
सुलोहिता या च सुधूम्रवर्णा ।
स्फुलिङ्गिनी विश्वरुची च देवी
लेलायमाना इति सप्त जिह्वाः ॥ ४॥
kālī karālī ca manojavā ca
sulohitā yā ca sudhūmravarṇā .
sphuliṅginī viśvarucī ca devī
lelāyamānā iti sapta jihvāḥ .. 4..
4 Kali (the Black), Karali (the Terrific), Manojava (the Swift as thought), Sulohita (the Very red), Sudhumravarna (of the colour of bright smoke; purple), Splulingini (the Scintillating) and the luminous Visvaruchi (the All-gleaming, all- formed)-these seven, flickering about, form the seven tongues of the fire. 

Mundaka Upanishad Introduction
Mundaka Upanishad Invocation
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 1 – Verse 1
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 1 – Verse 2
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 1 – Verse 3
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 1 – Verse 4
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 1 – Verse 5
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 1 – Verse 6
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 1 – Verse 7
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 1 – Verse 8
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 1 – Verse 9
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 2 – Verse 1
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 2 – Verse 2
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 2 – Verse 3
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 2 – Verse 4
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 2 – Verse 5
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 2 – Verse 6
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 2 – Verse 7
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 2 – Verse 8
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 2 – Verse 9
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 2 – Verse 10
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 2 – Verse 11
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 2 – Verse 12
Mundaka 1 – Chapter 2 – Verse 13
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 1 – Verse 1
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 1 – Verse 2
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 1 – Verse 3
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 1 – Verse 4
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 1 – Verse 5
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 1 – Verse 6
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 1 – Verse 7
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 1 – Verse 8
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 1 – Verse 9
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 2 – Verse 10
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 2 – Verse 1
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 2 – Verse 2
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 2 – Verse 3
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 2 – Verse 4
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 2 – Verse 5
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 2 – Verse 6
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 2 – Verse 7
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 2 – Verse 8
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 2 – Verse 9
Mundaka 2 – Chapter 2 – Verse 10
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 1 – Verse 11
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 1 – Verse 1
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 1 – Verse 2
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 1 – Verse 3
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 1 – Verse 4
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 1 – Verse 5
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 1 – Verse 6
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 1 – Verse 7
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 1 – Verse 8
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 1 – Verse 9
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 2 – Verse 10
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 2 – Verse 1
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 2 – Verse 2
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 2 – Verse 3
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 2 – Verse 4
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 2 – Verse 5
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 2 – Verse 6
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 2 – Verse 7
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 2 – Verse 8
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 2 – Verse 9
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 2 – Verse 10
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 2 – Verse 11
Mundaka 3 – Chapter 2 – Verse 12

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

Com.—The seven tongues of the (flaming) fire, from kali down to visvaruchi, are intended to swallow the oblations thrown on it.

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

Mundaka Upanishad – Verse 4 – Mundaka-1-2-4-kālī karālī – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Meaning and Commentary by Adi Shankaracharya (Sankara Bhashya) – Mundaka-1-2-4