Manthrikopanishad

 Manthrikopanishad

Here we don’t find a Guru or a disciple. In stanza I we find several adjectives for the immaculate aatman which is subtle and imperishable. Though we experience it althrough our life, we don’t recognize our Aatman always.

“Bhutasammohane kale biannae thamasi vaikaree

Antha: pasyanthi satwastha nirgunam guna gahwaree.”

[All human beings are caught up in the darkness of the ignorance. However, when the veil of ignorance is removed one is able to discern it in the inner mind]. 

Ignorant people will never be able to understand the greatness of the soul. The whole world is caught up in a wide web of maya; this maya rules the world.

 In the ensuing stanzas  we get a picture about real Mantra (secret).  Brahma bears different names like Kaala, Praana, Sharva, Maheswara, Rudra and so on. The same Paramaatma is described in the Vedas as Prajapathi, who is worshipped by all. The Upan ishads of Atharva Veda describe it as Nirguna Sankhya.

Stanza XVII summarizes the core principle:

“Yasmin sarvamitham protham brahmasthaavara jangamam

Thasminneva layam yathi sravanthya: saagare yadhaa."

[All moving and unmoving objects in the Universe are chained in Brahma; everything merge in the sea.]

  The bubbles arise from water and again become one with the sea. Similarly all objects evolve out of Brahma and later immerge in him. Whoever knows this secret he/she achieves the ultimate goal of oneness with Parabrahma.

                                                                     Dr. Karickam