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Īśa 1
ॐ ईशा वास्यमिदँ सर्वं यत्किञ्च जगत्यां जगत् ।
तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम् ॥ १ ॥
Om. All this, whatever moves in this moving world, is to be enveloped by the Lord (īśā). Enjoy it through renunciation; do not covet anyone's wealth.
Īśa 2
कुर्वन्नेवेह कर्माणि जिजीविषेच्छतँ समाः ।
एवं त्वयि नान्यथेतोऽस्ति न कर्म लिप्यते नरे ॥ २ ॥
Doing actions indeed here in this world, one should wish to live a hundred years. For you there is no other way than this; thus action does not cling to a man.
Īśa 3
असुर्या नाम ते लोका अन्धेन तमसाऽऽवृताः ।
ताँस्ते प्रेत्याभिगच्छन्ति ये के चात्महनो जनाः ॥ ३ ॥
Those worlds named asuryā are covered with blind darkness. Whatever people are self-killers, after departing they go to those very worlds.
Īśa 4
अनेजदेकं मनसो जवीयो नैनद्देवा आप्नुवन्पूर्वमर्षत् ।
तद्धावतोऽन्यानत्येति तिष्ठत्तस्मिन्नपो मातरिश्वा दधाति ॥ ४ ॥
It is one, unmoving, swifter than the mind. The gods could not reach it, for it had gone on ahead of them. Though standing still, it outruns those that run; in it the wind (mātariśvan) sustains the waters.
Īśa 5
तदेजति तन्नैजति तद्दूरे तद्वन्तिके ।
तदन्तरस्य सर्वस्य तदु सर्वस्यास्य बाह्यतः ॥ ५ ॥
It moves, and it does not move. It is far away, and it is also near. It is within all this, and it is also outside all this.
Īśa 6
यस्तु सर्वाणि भूतान्यात्मन्येवानुपश्यति ।
सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं ततो न विजुगुप्सते ॥ ६ ॥
He who sees all beings within the self alone, and sees the self in all beings, shrinks from no one thereafter.
Īśa 7
यस्मिन्सर्वाणि भूतान्यात्मैवाभूद्विजानतः ।
तत्र को मोहः कः शोक एकत्वमनुपश्यतः ॥ ७ ॥
For the one who knows, all beings have become the self alone; for one who sees this oneness, what delusion, what grief is there?
Īśa 8
स पर्यगाच्छुक्रमकायमव्रण-मस्नाविरँ शुद्धमपापविद्धम् ।
कविर्मनीषी परिभूः स्वयम्भू-र्याथातथ्यतोऽर्थान् व्यदधाच्छाश्वतीभ्यः समाभ्यः ॥ ८ ॥
He has encompassed all — bright, bodiless, woundless, sinewless, pure, untouched by evil. The seer, the thinker, the all-surpassing, the self-existent, rightly ordained the objects of eternal years.
Īśa 9
अन्धं तमः प्रविशन्ति येऽविद्यामुपासते ।
ततो भूय इव ते तमो य उ विद्यायाँ रताः ॥ ९ ॥
Those who worship avidyā (ignorance) enter blind darkness; those who delight only in vidyā (knowledge) enter, as it were, a darkness greater still.
Īśa 10
अन्यदेवाहुर्विद्ययाऽन्यदाहुरविद्यया ।
इति शुश्रुम धीराणां ये नस्तद्विचचक्षिरे ॥ १० ॥
Some say the fruit of vidyā is one thing, and the fruit of avidyā is another; so we heard from the wise who explained it to us.
Īśa 11
विद्यां चाविद्यां च यस्तद्वेदोभयँ सह ।
अविद्यया मृत्युं तीर्त्वा विद्ययाऽमृतमश्नुते ॥ ११ ॥
He who knows both vidyā and avidyā together, by avidyā crosses over death and by vidyā attains immortality.
Īśa 12
अन्धं तमः प्रविशन्ति येऽसम्भूतिमुपासते ।
ततो भूय इव ते तमो य उ सम्भूत्याँ रताः ॥ १२ ॥
Those who worship asambhūti (non-becoming, the unmanifest) enter blind darkness; those who delight only in sambhūti (becoming, the manifest) enter, as it were, a darkness greater still.
Īśa 13
अन्यदेवाहुः सम्भवादन्यदाहुरसम्भवात् ।
इति शुश्रुम धीराणां ये नस्तद्विचचक्षिरे ॥ १३ ॥
Some say that one thing comes from becoming, and others say that another comes from non-becoming. Thus we have heard from the wise, who explained it to us clearly.
Īśa 14
सम्भूतिं च विनाशं च यस्तद्वेदोभयँ सह ।
विनाशेन मृत्युं तीर्त्वा सम्भूत्याऽमृतमश्नुते ॥ १४ ॥
He who knows both becoming and destruction together, by destruction crosses over death, and by becoming attains immortality.
Īśa 15
हिरण्मयेन पात्रेण सत्यस्यापिहितं मुखम् ।
तत्त्वं पूषन्नपावृणु सत्यधर्माय दृष्टये ॥ १५ ॥
The face of truth is covered by a golden vessel. O Pūṣan, uncover that, so that I, whose duty is truth, may see it.
Īśa 16
पूषन्नेकर्षे यम सूर्य प्राजापत्य व्यूह रश्मीन् समूह तेजः ।
यत्ते रूपं कल्याणतमं तत्ते पश्यामि योऽसावसौ पुरुषः सोऽहमस्मि ॥ १६ ॥
O Pūṣan, sole seer, O Yama, O Sun, child of Prajāpati, spread out your rays and gather your radiance. The most auspicious form of yours, that I see. That person yonder, I am he.
Īśa 17
वायुरनिलममृतमथेदं भस्मांतँ शरीरम् ।
ॐ क्रतो स्मर कृतँ स्मर क्रतो स्मर कृतँ स्मर ॥ १७ ॥
Let the breath return to the wind, the immortal air, and let this body end in ashes. Om. O will, remember; remember what has been done. O will, remember; remember what has been done.
Īśa 18
अग्ने नय सुपथा राये अस्मान् विश्वानि देव वयुनानि विद्वान् ।
युयोध्यस्मज्जुहुराणमेनो भूयिष्ठां ते नमउक्तिं विधेम ॥ १८ ॥
O Agni, lead us by the good path to prosperity. O god, you know all the ways. Turn away from us the crooked sin. We offer you the most abundant words of homage.