Mundaka 2.2.2 Trans & Comms

yadarcimadyadaṇubhyo’ṇu ca yasmim̐llokā nihitā lokinaśca. tadetadakṣaraṁ brahma sa prāṇastadu vāṅmanaḥ tadetat satyaṁ tadamṛtaṁ tadveddhavyaṁ somya viddhi. (2.2.2)

tad – that; etad – this; akṣaraṁ-brahma – is Brahman; yad – which; arcimat – is shining; yad – which; aṇubhyaḥ aṇuḥ – subtler than the subtlest; ca – and; yasmin – in which; lokāḥ – the worlds; ca – and; lokinaḥ – the indwellers of the worlds; nihitāḥ – have their being; saḥ – that; prāṇaḥ – is prāṇa; tad – that; u – indeed; vāṅmanaḥ – is speech and mind; tad etat – that Brahman; satyam – is truth; tad – that; amṛtam – is immortal; tad – that; veddhavyam – has to be understood by you; somya – O pleasing one; viddhi – may you know it 

That Brahman is shining, is subtler than the subtlest, and all the worlds and their indwellers have their being in it. That is prāṇa. That is speech and mind. That Brahman alone is the truth. That is immortal. That has to be understood. O pleasing one! May you know that.

One need not put all the names and forms into a melting pot and make an advitīya, a non-dual, stew to understand Brahman. The subject is Brahman, the object also is Brahman, the relationship between them is Brahman and the order that brings the relationship into existence is also Brahman. This is what we call non-dual. It is cognitive. One knows the differences, one sees them, and yet makes them disappear.

Tad amṛtam, tad veddhavyam: that is free from death, and has to be targeted by one. That should be the lakṣya, the goal for everyone. When you send an arrow, it is meant to hit the target. Similarly, any meditation or ritual that you do is indirectly for gaining Brahman alone. For a karma-yogin as well as a sannyāsin the end is Brahman. If you do not understand the teaching, you can meditate in order to get the mind ready. Somya viddhi: O pleasing one, may you know it.

~Dayananda

Luminous, subtler than even the subtlest, that imperishable Brahman alone is the abode of the world and all its inhabitants. He is life, speech, mind, reality and immortality. That is the mark (goal) which should be penetrated by the mind. Penetrate It, O my friend!

In Vedānta, mind and intellect are considered to be one and the same stuff and it has different names, only to indicate its different functions. With the intellect to discriminate and separate the dead matter from the dynamic Spirit, is the Vedānta sādhanā for the intellect, which is fulfilled only when we seek and establish our identity with the Spirit which is all-pervading, all-perfect and all-full. This is the method of Vedānta meditation – know, feel, expand and realise.

~Chinmayanda

That which is radiant, subtler than the subtle, That by which all the worlds and their inhabitants are supported-That, verily, is the indestructible Brahman; That is the prana, speech, and the mind; That is the True and That is the Immortal. That alone is to be struck. Strike It, my good friend. 

TO BE STRUCK: That is to say, to be known by the mind. STRIKE: That is to say, concentrate your mind on Brahman. 

~Nikhilananda