[paragraph continues] Ji'vanmukta. Fixed in A'tman with all his being, he never indeed sees the universe. No doubt he becomes aware of the dual universe occasionally when he is awake to the world around; but then he sees it not as something different from the Conscious A'tman, inasmuch as runs through all. On the other hand, he sees this universe as false, like the confusion of the four quarters, or like the appearance of many moons. Then, owing to the accumulated prarabdha-karma,--karma which has already begun its effects,--he is aware of a semblance of the body. The S'ruti says that he has to wait only till death; and even the continuance of the prarabdha in the case of the liberated one is a mere illusion. This person, having known the Reality, is always free from bonds and never otherwise. On the exhaustion of the fruits of the prarabdha, he attains at once to the Vishnu's state, which is beyond the darkness of avidya, free from all false

appearances,--the pure stainless Consciousness which is beyond the reach of thought and speech, free from all designations and designated objects, and devoid of anything which has either to be acquired or cast aside; which is Bliss and Wisdom in one solid mass.

Conclusion.

14. Therefore this tract should be learned by all devotees, endued with the attributes of pridelessness, etc., (vide Bhagavadgi'ta, XII. 13-20), with devotion

to the Guru and with His grace. The wise yogin should try and reflect upon this vidya at all times of sandhya, not engrossed in the objects of pleasure, of this or the next world. He should always contemplate his own A'tman who is free from all attachment and hatred.

Footnotes

^194:* The quintupled akasa, then, contains one half of pure akasa, the other half being composed of the other elements, each of which forms one eighth of the whole.

III

DAKSINAMURTI-UPANISHAD,

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH

WITH NOTES.

DAKSHINA'MU'RTI-UPANISHAD. [**]

May (Brahman) protect us [*+] both!
May He give us both to enjoy!
Efficiency may we both attain!
Effective may our study prove!
Hate may we not(each other) at all!
Peace! Peace!! Peace!!! Amen!

Om! In the Brahmavarta, at the foot of a mighty bhandira fig tree, there assembled Sanaka and

other mighty sages for a great sacrifice. Then, desirous to know of Truth, they approached the long-lived Markandeya with sacrificial fuel [**] in hand, and asked: Whereby dost thou live so long? and whereby dost thou enjoy such bliss?

He said: It is by knowledge of the highest secret, of S'iva, the Reality.

What is it which constitutes knowledge of the highest secret,--of Siva, the Reality? Who is the Deity there? What the mantras? What the devotion? What the means to that knowledge? What the necessary aids? What the offering? What the time? What the seat thereof?