॥ द्वितीय मुण्डके प्रथमः खण्डः ॥
This is the Truth: As from a blazing fire, thousands of sparks of the same nature as the fire originate, so also, O gentle one, various beings are manifested from the Imperishable Brahman, and into Him they return.
तदेत-थ्सत्यं
यथा सुदीप्ता-त्पावकाद्विस्फुलिङ्गाः
सहस्रशः प्रभवन्ते सरूपाः ।
तथा-ऽक्षराद्विविधा-स्सोम्य भावाः
प्रजायन्ते तत्र चैवापि यन्ति ॥ 1॥
दिव्यो ह्यमूर्तः पुरुष-स्स बाह्याभ्यन्तरो ह्यजः ।
अप्राणो ह्यमना-श्शुभ्रो ह्यक्षरा-त्परतः परः ॥ 2॥
Luminous, formless, and existing both outside and inside is that Being; He is birthless, without breath and without mind; He is pure, and higher than the high Imperishable.
एतस्माज्जायते प्राणो मन-स्सर्वेन्द्रियाणि च ।
खं-वाँयुर्ज्योतिरापः पृथिवी विश्वस्य धारिणी ॥ 3॥
From Him are born the life-force, the mind, and all the senses, as well as space, air, light, water, and the earth, which supports all the worlds.
अग्निर्मूर्धा चक्षुषी चन्द्रसूर्यौ
दिश-श्श्रोत्रे वाग् विवृताश्च वेदाः ।
वायुः प्राणो हृदयं-विँश्वमस्य पद्भ्यां
पृथिवी ह्येष सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा ॥ 4॥
Fire is His head, the sun and moon His eyes, the directions His ears, the revealed Vedas His speech, the wind His breath, the universe His heart; from His feet the earth emerged. He is indeed the inner Self of all beings.
तस्मादग्नि-स्समिधो यस्य सूर्यः
सोमा-त्पर्जन्य ओषधयः पृथिव्याम् ।
पुमा-न्रेत-स्सिञ्चति योषितायां
बह्वीः प्रजाः पुरुषा-थ्सम्प्रसूताः ॥ 5॥
From Him comes the fire whose fuel is the sun; from the moon comes the rain, and from the rain the herbs upon the earth. The male pours the seed into the female, and thus, from the Purusha, many creatures are born.
तस्मादृच-स्साम यजूंषि दीक्षा
यज्ञाश्च सर्वे क्रतवो दक्षिणाश्च ।
संवँत्सरश्च यजमानश्च लोकाः
सोमो यत्र पवते यत्र सूर्यः ॥ 6॥
From Him come the Rig, Sama, and Yajur Vedas, the initiations, all sacrifices, rites, and offerings, the year, the sacrificer, and the worlds where the moon shines and the sun glows.
तस्माच्च देवा बहुधा सम्प्रसूताः
साध्या मनुष्याः पशवो वयांसि ।
प्राणापानौ व्रीहियवौ तपश्च
श्रद्धा सत्य-म्ब्रह्मचर्यं-विँधिश्च ॥ 7॥
From Him the gods are born in many ways, as are the Sadhyas, men, animals, and birds; from Him also come inhalation and exhalation, rice and barley, austerity, faith, truth, continence, and the law.
सप्त प्राणाः प्रभवन्ति तस्मात्
सप्तार्चिष-स्समिध-स्सप्त होमाः ।
सप्त इमे लोका येषु चरन्ति प्राणा
गुहाशया निहिता-स्सप्त सप्त ॥ 8॥
From Him originate the seven life-forces, the seven flames, the seven kinds of fuel, the seven oblations, and these seven worlds in which the life-forces move, hidden in the secret cave of the heart, seven by seven.
अत-स्समुद्रा गिरयश्च सर्वे-ऽस्मात्
स्यन्दन्ते सिन्धव-स्सर्वरूपाः ।
अतश्च सर्वा ओषधयो रसश्च
येनैष भूतैस्तिष्ठते ह्यन्तरात्मा ॥ 9॥
From Him come all the oceans and the mountains, and from Him flow the rivers of various forms. From Him also come all the herbs and the essence, through which the inner Self exists supported by the elements.
पुरुष एवेदं-विँश्व-ङ्कर्म तपो ब्रह्म परामृतम् ।
एतद्यो वेद निहित-ङ्गुहायां
सो-ऽविद्याग्रन्थिं-विँकिरतीह सोम्य ॥ 10॥
The Purusha is indeed all this—the universe, the work, the austerity, and the supreme, immortal Brahman. He who knows this Truth hidden in the secret cave of the heart, O gentle one, cuts asunder the knot of ignorance even here in this life.
॥ इति मुण्डकोपनिषदि द्वितीयमुण्डके प्रथमः खण्डः ॥