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You are at Vedic Scriptures Library >> 108 Upanishads >> Shuklapaksha Yajurveda >> Muktika UpanishadMuktika UpanishadMuktika Upanishad Om ! That (Brahman) is infinite, and this (universe) is infinite. The infinite proceeds from the infinite. (Then) taking the infinitude of the infinite (universe), It remains as the infinite (Brahman) alone. Om ! Let there be Peace in me ! Let there be Peace in my environment ! Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me ! I-i-1-6. In the beautiful city of Ayodhya, in the centre of a pavilion set with gems, together with Sita, Bharata, Lakshmana and Satrughna, was Rama seated, glorified day and night by sages like Sanaka, Vasistha and Suka as well as other devotees, unchanging witness of thousands of modifications of the intellect, delighted in contemplating his own form. At the end of this Samadhi, Hanuman asked with devotion, ‘O Rama, you are the supreme being, of the nature of Sat, Chid and Ananda. I desire to know your nature truly for liberation. Please tell me how I can be released from bondage without strain. I-i-7-14. Rama: Well asked. I shall tell you. I am well established in Vedanta. Hanuman: What is Vedanta and where is it ? Rama: The Vedas in all their great extent are my breath, Vedanta is well grounded in them, like oil in sesamum. Hanuman: How many are the Vedas and how many branches do they have ? Of these what are the Upanishads ? Rama: Vedas are four, Rig-Veda etc., many branches and Upanishads exist in them. Rig-Veda has 21 branches and Yajus has 109. Sama has 1000 and Atharva has 50. Each branch has one Upanishad. Even by reading one verse of them with devotion, one gets the status of union with me, hard to get even by sages. I-i-15-17. Hanuman: Rama, sages speak differently: some say there is only one kind of liberation. Others say it can be got by worshipping your name and by the Taraka mantra at Kashi. Others speak of Sankhya-Yoga and Bhakti-Yoga, the enquiry into Vedanta-Vakyas etc. I-i-18-23. Rama: Liberation is of four kinds: Salokya etc. But the only real type is Kaivalya. Anybody even though leading a wicked life, attains Salokya, not other worlds, by worshipping my name. Dying in the sacred Brahmanala in Kashi, he will get the Taraka-mantra and also liberation, without rebirth. On dying anywhere (else) in Kashi, Maheshvara will utter the Taraka-mantra in his right ear. He gets Sarupya with me as his sins are washed away. The same is called Salokya and Sarupya. Persevering in good conduct, with mind fixed upon me, loving me as the Self of all, the twice-born gets nearer to me – This is called the three forms of liberation. Salokya, Sarupya and Samipya. I-i-24-25. Meditating on my eternal form as prescribed by the Teacher, one will surely achieve identity with me like the insects changing into the bee. This alone is the liberation of identity (Sayujya) yielding the bliss of Brahman. All these four kinds of Mukti will be got by worshipping Me. I-i-26-29. But by what means is the Kaivalya kind of Moksha got ? The Mandukya is enough; if knowledge is not got from it, then study the Ten Upanishads. Getting knowledge very soon, you will reach my abode. If certainty is not got even then, study the 32 Upanishads and stop. If desiring Moksha without the body, read the 108 Upanishads. Hear their order. I-i-30-39. 1. Isa 2. Kena 3. Katha 4. Prasna 5. Munda 6. Mandukya 7. Taittiri 8. Aitareya 9. Chandogya 10. Brihadaranyaka 11. Brahma 12. Kaivalya 13. Jabala 14. Svetasva 15. Hamsa 16. Aruni 17. Garbha 18. Narayana 19. Paramahamsa 20. Amritabindu 21. Amritanada 22. Atahrvasirah 23. Atharvasikha 24. Maitrayini 25. Kaushitakibrahmana 26. Brihajjabala 27. Nrisimhatapini 28. Kalagnirudra 29. Maitreya 30. Subala 31. Kshurika 32. Mantrika 33. Sarvasara 34. Niralamba 35. Sukarahasya 36. Vajrasuchika 37. Tejobindu 38. Nadabindu 39. Dhyanabindu 40. Brahmavidya 41. Yogatattva 42. Atmabodha 43. Naradaparivrajaka 44. Trisikhi 45. Sita 46. Yogachudamani 47. Nirvana 48. Mandalabrahmana 49. Dakshinamurti 50. Sarabha 51. Skanda 52. Tripadvibhuti-Mahanarayana 53. Advayataraka 54. Ramarahasya 55. Ramatapani 56. Vasudeva 57. Mudgala 58. Sandilya 59. Paingala 60. Bhiksu 61. Mahat 62. Sariraka 63. Yogasikha 64. Turiyatita 65. Sannyasa 66. Paramahamsaparivrajaka 67. Akshamalika 68. Avyakta 69. Ekakshara 70. Annapurna 71. Surya 72. Akshi 73. Adhyatma 74. Kundika 75. Savitri 76. Atma 77. Pasupata 78. Parabrahma 79. Avadhutaka 80. Tripuratapini 81. Devi 82. Tripura 83. Katharudra 84. Bhavana 85. Rudrahridaya 86. Yoga-kundali 87. Bhasma 88. Rudraksha 89. Ganapati 90. Darsana 91. Tarasara 92. Mahavakya 93. Panchabrahma 94. Pranagnihotra 95. Gopalatapini 96. Krishna 97. Yajnavalkya 98. Varaha 99. Satyayani 100. Hayagriva 101. Dattatreya 102. Garuda 103. Kalisamtarana 104. Jabali 105. 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