M-kara — Prajna as the Third Syllable
Mandukya Upanishad · 1 · Verse 11
makaraprajnadeep-sleepommatrasdissolution
Sanskrit Original
सुषुप्तस्थानः प्राज्ञो मकारस्तृतीया मात्रा मितेरपीतेर्वा । मिनोति ह वा इदं सर्वमपीतिश्च भवति य एवं वेद ॥ ११ ॥
suṣuptasthānaḥ prājño makāras tṛtīyā mātrā miter apīter vā | minoti ha vā idaṃ sarvam apītiś ca bhavati ya evaṃ veda || 11 ||
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The deep sleep state, Prajna, is the third syllable M — because it is the measure and the dissolution. Whoever knows this measures (comprehends) all this world and becomes the dissolution (the point to which all returns).