Thursday, October 23, 2008

The Realisation and the Realised Self

Ishavasya Upanishad stanzas 5,6,7 with translations from

http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/mirrors/vv/scripture/upanishads/isa1.html

Tadejati Tanaijati Tad Dure Tadvantike
Tadantarasya Sarvasya Tadu Sarvasyasya Bahyataha


That moves, yet moves not
That is far, and yet That is near
That is within everything,
Yet also outside everything

Yastu Sarvani Bhutani Atmanyevanupasyati
Sarvabhuteshu Chatmanam Tato Na Vijugupsate


The man who perceives all beings as his own Self
And his own Self as other beings is free from dislikes

Yasmin Sarvani Bhutani Atmaivabhud Vijanataha
Tatra ko Moha kah Shoka Ekatvamanupasyataha


What misapprehension or sorrow can there be for the realised one
Who sees the oneness everywhere and all beings as his own Self?

A very good and easily understandable interpretation of the Ishavasya Upanishad can be found here. Its by Swami Paramananda

http://www.yoga-age.com/upanishads/isha.html

The Sanskrit texts of all the Upanishads can be found here

http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/

The Ishavasya is a very significant Upanishad because most of the thoughts herein have been elucidated further in The Bhagavad Gita.

The very well known and so called Vedic Peace Mantra - Om Poornamadam Poornamidaha .... occurs at the beginning and end of this Upanishad.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

liked the second one :) thanks for sharing !!

Kartik Srinivasan said...

its my pleasure prats :)

Athena said...

The verse Poornamadah poornamidam is my particular favorite.It gives a feeling of serenity and peace.And a statement on the indestructibility of matter to boot!

Kartik Srinivasan said...

Yes and it also reflects such a higher conception of Creation - from the whole came out the whole, yet the whole remained