ISAVA SYA UPANISHAD - Wave 3: Mantras 9-14 (6 No.). Swami Gurubhaktananda.

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Monday, May 24,  2021. 7 : 51. PM.
ISAVASYA UPANISHAD
18 Mantra-s on “The All-Pervading Reality”
Wave 3: Verses 9-14 (6 No.)
The Integration of KNOWLEDGE
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A. AVIDYA AND VIDYA

Mantram - 10 : Worship of Avidya & Vidya.

"Andham tamah pravishanti, ye avidyaam upaasate;

 tatah bhooyah iva te tamah ye u vidyaayaam rataah."

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Translation :

1 Andham tamah pravishanti   = They enter into blinding darkness

2 ye avidyaam upaasate;         = who are worshippers of Avidya alone;

3 tatah bhooyah iva te tamah   = but they enter even greater darkness

4 ye u vidyaayaam rataah.       = who verily are worshippers of Vidya alone.

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Mantram - 11: The Fruits of Avidya & Vidya.

"Anyat eva aahuh vidyayaa, anyat aahuh avidyayaa; 

 iti shushruma dheeraanaam, ye nah tat vicha-chakshire."

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Translation :

5 Anyat eva aahuh vidyayaa,   = One thing, they say, is obtained from Vidya,

6 anyat aahuh avidyayaa;        = and another thing, they say, from Avidya;

7 iti shushruma dheeraanaam, = Thus we have heard from the wise,

8 ye nah tat vicha-chakshire.   = who have explained it to us.

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Mantram -  12: Combining Avidya & Vidya.

"Vidyaam cha avidyaam yah, tat veda ubhayam saha;

avidyayaa mrityum teertva,  vidyayaa amritam ashnute."

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Translation :

9 Vidyaam cha avidyaam yah,  =  Vidya (knowledge) and Avidya (ignorance) – he who

10 tat veda ubhayam saha;       =  knows them both together (at the same time),

11 avidyayaa mrityum teertva,  =  he overcomes death through Avidya

12 vidyayaa amritam ashnute.  =  and obtains immortality through Vidya.

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