Mundaka Upanishad: Verse 1.1.9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यः सर्वज्ञः सर्वविद्यस्य ज्ञानमयं तपः । तस्मादेतद्ब्रह्म नाम रूपमन्नं च जायते ॥९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यः । सर्वज्ञः । सर्ववित् । यस्य । ज्ञानमयम् । तपः । तस्मात् । एतत् । ब्रह्म । नाम । रूपम् । अन्नम् । च । जायते ॥९॥

Recitation with translationMundaka Upanishad 1.1.9

IAST Transliteration

yaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvavit yasya jñānamayaṃ tapaḥ | tasmād etad brahma nāma rūpam annaṃ ca jāyate ||9||

Translation

वो सब जानता है, सब समझता है। उसकी तपस्या ज्ञान से भरी है। उससे ही यह ब्रह्मा शक्ति बनती है। फिर नाम बनता है, रूप बनता है, और खाना बनता है।

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Academic Translation

He who is all-knowing, all-cognizing, whose tapas is of the nature of knowledge—from him is born this Brahman (the manifest), namely name, form, and food.

Verse Context

• Īśvara/Brahman as omniscient source; nāma-rūpa as manifestation grounded in consciousness (jñāna)
• Mahavakya: Resonates with 'प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म' by identifying the ultimate source as knowledge-natured (jñānamaya); supports the Upaniṣadic move from cosmology to consciousness as Brahman’s defining mark.
• Atharva
• Śaunaka (Atharvaveda) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)