A-kara — Vaishvanara as the First Syllable
Mandukya Upanishad · 1 · Verse 9
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Sanskrit Original
जागरितस्थानो वैश्वानरोऽकारः प्रथमा मात्राऽऽप्तेरादिमत्त्वाद्वा । आप्नोति ह वै सर्वान्कामानादिश्च भवति य एवं वेद ॥ ९ ॥
jāgaritasthāno vaiśvānaro’kāraḥ prathamā mātrā|āpter ādimattvād vā | āpnoti ha vai sarvān kāmān ādiś ca bhavati ya evaṃ veda || 9 ||
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The waking state, Vaishvanara, is the first syllable A — because it pervades all and is the beginning. Whoever knows this attains all desires and becomes first among all.