Mandukya Upanishad Verse 9

Sanskrit Verse

जागरितस्थानो वैश्वानरोऽकारः प्रथमा मात्राऽऽप्तेरादिमत्त्वाद्वाप्नोति ह वै सर्वान्कामानादिश्च भवति य एवं वेद ॥ ९ ॥

Transliteration

jāgaritasthāno vaiśvānaro’kāraḥ prathamā mātrā”pterādimattvādvāpnoti ha vai sarvāṅkāmānādiśca bhavati ya evaṃ veda || 9 ||

Translation

He who is Vaiśvānara, having for its sphere of activity the waking state, is A, the first letter (of Aum) on account of its all-pervasiveness or on account of being the first (these being the common features of both). One who knows this attains to the fulfilment of all desires and becomes the first (of all).

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Related Karika:

• Mandukya Karika 1.19