The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Bhashya

Bhashya

संक्षेपत परविद्याविषयमक्षर निर्विशेष पुरुष सत्यम्'दिव्यो ह्यमूर्त ' इत्यादिना मन्त्रेणोक्त्वा, पुनस्तदेवसविशेष विस्तरेण वक्तव्यमिति प्रवृत्ते, संक्षेपविस्तरोक्तोहि पदार्थ सुखाधिगम्यो भवति सूत्रभाष्योक्तिवदिति ।यो हि प्रथमजात्प्राणाद्धिरण्यगर्भाज्जायतेऽण्डस्यान्तर्विराट्,

In plain words

Having briefly declared the imperishable, attributeless Puruṣa—the object of higher knowledge—through the mantra beginning with 'Divine, indeed formless,' the text now proceeds to describe that very same reality in detail with attributes; for a teaching presented both concisely and expansively is easily grasped, just like the methodology of the Sūtras and Bhāṣyas. He who is born within the cosmic egg from the first-born prana, Hiranyagarbha, is Virat,

Close to the Sanskrit

Having stated briefly the imperishable, attributeless Puruṣa, the object of higher knowledge, by the mantra starting with 'Divine, indeed formless', and intending to describe that same reality in detail with attributes, because a subject matter stated in brief and detail is easily comprehended, like the statements in sutras and commentaries. He indeed who is born from the first-born prana, Hiranyagarbha, inside the cosmic egg, Virat,