67. Mandukya Upanishad | Chapter 4 Karika 83-86 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied with Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Chapter 4 Karika 83-86.

Karika 83:
asti nāstyasti nāstīti nāsti nāstīti vā punaḥ |
calasthirobhayābhāvairāvṛṇotyeva bāliśaḥ || 83 ||

Karika 84:
koṭhyaścatasra etāstu grahairyāsāṃ sadā''vṛtaḥ |
bhagavānābhiraspṛṣṭo yena dṛṣṭaḥ sa sarvadṛk || 84 ||

Karika 85:
prāpya sarvajñatāṃ kṛtsnāṃ brāhmaṇyaṃ padamadvayam |
anāpannādimadhyāntaṃ kimataḥ paramīhate || 85 ||

Karika 86:
viprāṇāṃ vinayo hyeṣa śamaḥ prākṛta ucyate |
damaḥ prakṛtidāntatvādevaṃ vidvāñśamaṃ vrajet || 86 ||

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