Mandukya Karika

Shloka 7 vibhūtiṃ prasavaṃ tvanye manyante sṛṣṭicintakāḥ             svapnamāyāsarūpeti sṛṣṭiranyairvikalpitā Explanation          Most of the people believe that this creation is nothing but power of God. They believe that God

Shloka: prabhavaḥ sarvabhāvānāṃ satāmiti viniścayaḥ sarvaṃ janayati prāṇaścetoṃ’śūnpuruṣaḥ pṛthak Mandukya Karika Shloka 6:          Now we come to a fundamental topic. From 6th shloka to 9th shloka, the creation is

Shloka:        viśvo hi sthūlabhuṅnityaṃ taijasaḥ praviviktabhuk ānandabhuk tathā prājñastridhā bhogaṃ nibodhata Mandukya Karika Shloka 3:          Only the same self, which is sakshi, experiences in all three states. In

Shloka:        dakṣiṇākṣimukhe viśvo manasyantastu taijasaḥ ākāśe ca hṛdi prājñastridhā dehe vyavasthitaḥ Mandukya Karika Shloka 2: In the waking state, the individual consciousness i.e., the Jiva, observes through the right

Shloka 8:          icchāmātraṃ prabhoḥ sṛṣṭiriti sṛṣṭau viniścitāḥ kālātprasūtiṃ bhūtānāṃ manyante kālacintakāḥ Shloka 9: bhogārthaṃ sṛṣṭirityanye krīḍārthamiti cāpare devasyaiṣa svabhāvo’yamāptakāmasya kā spṛhā Explanation:          There are many theories of creation.

Shloka 10:          nivṛtteḥ sarvaduḥkhānāmīśānaḥ prabhuravyayaḥ advaitaḥ sarvabhāvānāṃ devasturyo vibhuḥ smṛtaḥ Translation: Being free from all miseries, Turīya is considered to be the Lord, capable (of freeing one from misery.)