Mundaka-1-2-13-tasmai sa

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

Com.—‘He,’ the learned preceptor who knows the Brahman; ‘Upasannaya ‘ who has approached him. ‘Samyak, i.e., well, according to the sastras; ‘Prasanta chittâya,’ i.e., whose heart is subdued, who is free from such faults as pride, etc. ‘Samanvitaya,’ who has control also over the external senses, i.e., who has turned away from everything in the world. ‘By which knowledge,’ by the para vidya, ‘Aksharam’ that which has been described as imperceivable, etc., and denoted by the word Parasha, because it is all pervading; or, because it is seated in the city of the body. ‘Satyam,’ the same, because it is truth in its nature. ‘Akshara,’ because it knows no decay, because it is scathless, and because it knows no destruction. ‘Veda’ means ‘know.’ The meaning is ‘let him teach that knowledge of the Brahman, as it should be taught. This is the duty of also the preceptor, that he should make the good pupil duly approaching him, cross the sea of ignorance.

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|| इति मुण्डकोपनिषदि प्रथममुण्डके द्वितीयः खण्डः ||

|| iti muṇḍakopaniṣadi prathamamuṇḍake dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ||

Here ends the commentary on
the second part of the
First Mundaka.

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