तदेतत् सत्यमृषिरङ्गिराः
पुरोवाच नैतदचीर्णव्रतोऽधीते ।
नमः परमऋषिभ्यो नमः परमऋषिभ्यः ॥ ११॥
॥ इति मुण्डकोपनिषदि तृतीयमुण्डके द्वितीयः खण्डः ॥
॥ इत्यथर्ववेदीय मुण्डकोपनिषत्समाप्ता ॥
tadetat satyamṛṣiraṅgirāḥ
purovāca naitadacīrṇavrato’dhīte .
namaḥ paramaṛṣibhyo namaḥ paramaṛṣibhyaḥ .. 11..
.. iti muṇḍakopaniṣadi tṛtīyamuṇḍake dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ..
.. ityatharvavedīya muṇḍakopaniṣatsamāptā ..
Thus the seer Angiras declared this truth in olden times. A man who has not performed the vow should not read it. Salutation to the great seers! Salutation to the great seers!
Commentary:
At the very beginning of this Upanishad, Saunaka put a question to Angiras: “What is that, by knowing which, everything can be known?” The whole Upanishad is an answer to that question, what is that by which we can know all things. Thus is the answer which Angiras gave to Saunaka and all the rishis who were there in the audience. And this was told in early days.
Naitad a-cīrṇa-vrato’dhīte: One who has not fulfilled his duties, one who has not undergone the necessary discipline for this purpose, will not read this Upanishad.
Namaḥ parama-ṛṣibhyo namaḥ parma-rṣibhyaḥ: Prostrations be to the great sages, prostrations be to the great sages who have given us this great knowledge of the Upanishad.