|| prathamamuṇḍake dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ||
tadeta-thsatya-mmantreṣu karmāṇi kavayo
yānyapaśyaṃstāni tretāyā-mbahudhā santatāni |
tānyācaratha niyataṃ satyakāmā eṣa vaḥ
panthā-ssukṛtasya loke || 1||
yadā lelāyate hyarci-ssamiddhe havyavāhane |
tadā-''jyabhāgāvantareṇā-''hutīḥ pratipādayet || 2||
yasyāgnihotramadarśamapaurṇamāsa-
macāturmāsyamanāgrayaṇamatithivarjita-ñca |
ahutamavaiśvadevamavidhinā huta-
māsaptamāṃstasya lokān hinasti || 3||
kālī karālī ca manojavā ca
sulohitā yā ca sudhūmravarṇā |
sphuliṅginī viśvarucī ca devī
lelāyamānā iti sapta jihvāḥ || 4||
eteṣu yaścarate bhrājamāneṣu yathākālaṃ
cāhutayo hyādadāyann |
ta-nnayantyetā-ssūryasya raśmayo yatra
devānā-mpatireko-'dhivāsaḥ || 5||
ehyehīti tamāhutaya-ssuvarcasaḥ
sūryasya raśmibhiryajamānaṃ-va~hanti |
priyāṃ-vā~camabhivadantyo-'rcayantya
eṣa vaḥ puṇya-ssukṛto brahmalokaḥ || 6||
plavā hyete adṛḍhā yajñarūpā
aṣṭādaśoktamavaraṃ-ye~ṣu karma |
etacchreyo ye-'bhinandanti mūḍhā
jarāmṛtyu-nte punarevāpi yanti || 7||
avidyāyāmantare vartamānāḥ
svaya-ndhīrāḥ paṇḍita-mmanyamānāḥ |
jaṅghanyamānāḥ pariyanti mūḍhā
andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ || 8||
avidyāya-mbahudhā vartamānā vayaṃ
kṛtārthā ityabhimanyanti bālāḥ |
ya-tkarmiṇo na pravedayanti rāgāt
tenāturāḥ, kṣīṇalokāścyavante || 9||
iṣṭāpūrta-mmanyamānā variṣṭhaṃ
nānyacchreyo vedayante pramūḍhāḥ |
nākasya pṛṣṭhe te sukṛte-'nubhūtvemaṃ
lokaṃ hīnataraṃ-vā~ viśanti || 10||
tapasśraddhe ye hyupavasantyaraṇye
śāntā vidvāṃso bhaikṣyacaryā-ñcarantaḥ |
sūryadvāreṇa te virajāḥ prayānti
yatrāmṛta-ssa puruṣo hyavyayātmā || 11||
parīkṣya lokān karmacitā-nbrāhmaṇo
nirvedamāyānnāstyakṛtaḥ kṛtena |
tadvijñānārthaṃ sa gurumevābhigacchet
samitpāṇi-śśrotriya-mbrahmaniṣṭham || 12||
tasmai sa vidvānupasannāya samyak
praśāntacittāya śamānvitāya |
yenākṣara-mpuruṣaṃ-ve~da satya-mprovāca
tā-ntattvato brahmavidyām || 13||
|| iti muṇḍakopaniṣadi prathamamuṇḍake dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ||