Mandukya Upanishad (Madhva commentary)
by Srisa Chandra Vasu | 1909 | 15,464 words | ISBN-13: 9789332869165
The English translation of the Mandukya Upanishad including the commentary of Madhva called the Bhasya. The describe the secret meaning of Om as the four names and aspects of the Lord (Vishva, Taijasa, Prajna and Turiya). This Upanishad is associated with the Atharva Veda and contains tweelve verses although Madhva reads the Gaudapada’s Karikas as ...
Karika verses 4.2-3
On this there are the following ślokas:—
2. (K24) Let him learn the Oṃkāra in its various feet; the feet are verily the portions (or aspects of the Lord called Viśva, etc. He who knows the Oṅkāra as the foot (called the Turīya) has no further anxieties (but enjoys bliss).—36.
3. (K25). Let him concentrate his mind in the Praṇava; for Praṇava is the Fearless Brahman, The soul that has harmonised itself with Prāṇava, never feels any fear.—37.
[Note.—Praṇave—in the Praṇava, the ineffable word Om; so called because it leads and guards (praṇayana) the three states of waking, dreaming and sleep, etc. The four-aspected Hari.]
Madhva’s commentary called the Bhāṣya:
The Viṣṇu in His four-fold aspect as Viśva, etc., is called Praṇava also: because He controls or leads (praṇayana) the waking, etc., states of the Jīva.
Note.—The concentration taught herein is not confined to the Turīya alone; but to all the four aspects of Viṣṇu.