Mudgala Upanishad 1.7 - Khanda 1

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Mudgala Upanishad: Verse 1.7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं यज्ञमिति मन्त्रेण सृष्टियज्ञः समीरितः । अनेनैव च मन्त्रेण मोक्षश्च समुदीरितः ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तम् । यज्ञम् । इति । मन्त्रेण । सृष्टि-यज्ञः । समीरितः । अनेन । एव । च । मन्त्रेण । मोक्षः । च । समुदीरितः ॥

Recitation with translationMudgala Upanishad 1.7

IAST Transliteration

taṃ yajñam iti mantreṇa sṛṣṭi-yajñaḥ samīritaḥ | anenaiva ca mantreṇa mokṣaś ca samudīritaḥ ||

Translation

“تَمْ یَجْنَمْ…” والے منتر کے ذریعے سَرشٹی یَجْن یعنی تخلیق کا یَجْن بیان کیا گیا؛ اور اسی منتر کے ذریعے موکش، یعنی نجات و رہائی، بھی اعلان کی گئی ہے۔

Academic Translation

By the mantra (containing the words) “taṃ yajñam…,” the sacrifice that is creation is declared; and by this very mantra liberation too is proclaimed.

Word by Word

tamthat (yajña)

yajñamsacrifice

itithus/“…”

mantreṇaby the mantra

sṛṣṭi-yajñaḥthe creation-sacrifice

samīritaḥhas been proclaimed

anenaby this

evaindeed/alone

caand

mantreṇaby the mantra

mokṣaḥliberation

caalso

samudīritaḥhas been declared

Sandhi Notes

taṃ yajñam iti → tam + yajñam + iti
anenaiva → anena + eva (a+e→ai)
mokṣaś ca → mokṣaḥ + ca (visarga before c → ś)

Verse Context

Mokṣa through knowledge of the cosmic yajña; unity of sṛṣṭi and mokṣa in Brahman-knowledgeMahavakya: Indirect—points toward identity-knowledge (ātma-jñāna) as liberating, resonant with ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’/‘tat tvam asi’ in intent though not quoted.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)

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