Verse 5

Mundaka

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सत्येन लभ्यस्तपसा ह्येष आत्मा सम्यग्ज्ञानेन ब्रह्मचर्येण नित्यम् ।

अन्तःशरीरे ज्योतिर्मयो हि शुभ्रो यं पश्यन्ति यतयः क्षीणदोषाः ॥५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सत्येन । लभ्यः । तपसा । हि । एषः । आत्मा । सम्यक्-ज्ञानेन । ब्रह्मचर्येण । नित्यम् ।

अन्तः-शरीरे । ज्योतिः-मयः । हि । शुभ्रः । यम् । पश्यन्ति । यतयः । क्षीण-दोषाः ॥५॥

IAST Transliteration

satyena labhyas tapasā hy eṣa ātmā samyag-jñānena brahmacaryeṇa nityam |

antaḥ-śarīre jyotir-mayo hi śubhro yaṃ paśyanti yatayaḥ kṣīṇa-doṣāḥ ||5||

Translation

सत्य, तप, सम्यक् ज्ञान आणि नित्य ब्रह्मचर्य यांद्वारे हा आत्मा प्राप्त होतो. शरीराच्या अंतःकरणात तो ज्योतिर्मय व निर्मळ आहे; क्षीणदोष यती त्याचे दर्शन घेतात॥५॥

Academic Translation

This Self is indeed attained by truth, by austerity, by right knowledge, and by constant brahmacarya. Within the body, it is luminous and pure; it is seen by the striving ascetics whose दोष (faults) have been exhausted.

Verse Context

• Sādhana-catuṣṭaya-like disciplines for ātma-jñāna; inner luminosity of Ātman; purification (kṣīṇa-doṣa)
• Mahavakya: Provides the preparatory discipline (sādhana) that makes mahāvākya-teaching fruitful—purity, truth, tapas, and samyag-jñāna culminating in direct recognition of the Self taught by ‘तत्त्वमसि/अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’.
• Atharva
• Śaunaka (Atharvaveda tradition; Muṇḍaka is classed among Atharva-upaniṣads) Shakha
• Chandas: Mixed/Upaniṣadic verse (śloka-like cadence; not strictly Saṃhitā meter)