Sunday, May 12, 2019

Na Bahiṣ Prajñaṃ | "not consciousness outward"

Na Bahish Prajnam

Na Bahiṣ Prajñaṃ (IAST)
Translation: "not consciousness outward"
From Mandukya Upanishad (Verse 7)

Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads (Swami Sharvananda)
Sanskrit: न बहिष्प्रज्ञं
Transliteration: Na Bahiṣ Prajñaṃ
Translation: "Nor outwards conscious"
Commentary: "i.e., the negation of Viśva or the awakened state."

The Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad (Swami Krishnananda)
Sanskrit: न बहिष्प्रज्ञं
Transliteration: Na Bahiṣ Prajñaṃ
Translation: "not external consciousness like waking"


References:
  1. Sharvananda, Swami (1920). Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads: With Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-For-Word Literal Translation, English, Rendering and Comments. Mylapore, Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math
  2. Krishnananda, Swami (1996). The Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad. Retrieved from https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/mand_0.html.