Isavasya Upanishad for Beginners : 1.5 Swami Krishnananda
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26/11/2019.
Mantram-1.
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Mantram-1.
"Om isavasyam idagm sarvam yat-kinca jagatyam jagat,
tena tyaktena bhunjitha ma gradhah kasya svid dhanam."
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Kasya svid dhanam?
For this phrase also there are two meanings: One from the relative and the other from the absolute point of view. What has been given to you, of that you are the owner. What you have earned with the sweat of your brow, that you enjoy. But what is earned by other people’s sweat of the brow, do not even look at that. Do not let your mind go towards that. It is unlawful to do so. It is against moral and ethical laws. You have no right even to look at what you have not earned yourself.
If you look at it, would that not lead you to desire it?
Therefore "ma grdhah"—do not be greedy.
This is from the worldly point of view.
Whose is this wealth, this wealth of the Universe?
This is from the view of the Absolute. As everything belongs to isvara, you dare not even look at anything with a desire to possess it.
This is unlawful. You have no business to do so.
To desire objects of the world therefore is wrong. Let your mind desire isvara. Let your mind go towards isvara alone. The world belongs to Him; and it is not your property, and so do not run towards the objects of the world. When you run towards isvara alone and you possess Him, you can possess the whole world also.
But you cannot possess the world if you run after the world. When you are established in isvara, He is in your possession; that means, He along with the world created by Him; that is, the world also becomes yours as your inheritance! Father’s property goes to his children.
So isvara’s property, viz., the world of creation comes to you as His inheritor. Thus you acquire the right of possession. When the cause is your property, the effect also logically becomes your own. Isvara is omniscient and omnipresent. He is the all-embracing Cause; He is the cause and effect in every root of the hair in your body, in every cell of your being, in every atom of creation, sentient or insentient.
Realising isvara as such, with this wisdom enjoy isvara’s Bliss. Be happy with what God has given you.
This is the second meaning.
To be continued ....
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26/11/2019.
Mantram-1.
5.
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Mantram-1.
"Om isavasyam idagm sarvam yat-kinca jagatyam jagat,
tena tyaktena bhunjitha ma gradhah kasya svid dhanam."
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Kasya svid dhanam?
For this phrase also there are two meanings: One from the relative and the other from the absolute point of view. What has been given to you, of that you are the owner. What you have earned with the sweat of your brow, that you enjoy. But what is earned by other people’s sweat of the brow, do not even look at that. Do not let your mind go towards that. It is unlawful to do so. It is against moral and ethical laws. You have no right even to look at what you have not earned yourself.
If you look at it, would that not lead you to desire it?
Therefore "ma grdhah"—do not be greedy.
This is from the worldly point of view.
Whose is this wealth, this wealth of the Universe?
This is from the view of the Absolute. As everything belongs to isvara, you dare not even look at anything with a desire to possess it.
This is unlawful. You have no business to do so.
To desire objects of the world therefore is wrong. Let your mind desire isvara. Let your mind go towards isvara alone. The world belongs to Him; and it is not your property, and so do not run towards the objects of the world. When you run towards isvara alone and you possess Him, you can possess the whole world also.
But you cannot possess the world if you run after the world. When you are established in isvara, He is in your possession; that means, He along with the world created by Him; that is, the world also becomes yours as your inheritance! Father’s property goes to his children.
So isvara’s property, viz., the world of creation comes to you as His inheritor. Thus you acquire the right of possession. When the cause is your property, the effect also logically becomes your own. Isvara is omniscient and omnipresent. He is the all-embracing Cause; He is the cause and effect in every root of the hair in your body, in every cell of your being, in every atom of creation, sentient or insentient.
Realising isvara as such, with this wisdom enjoy isvara’s Bliss. Be happy with what God has given you.
This is the second meaning.
To be continued ....
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