Sri Isopanisad

surya nama te loka ndhena tamasavrtah Tams te pretyabhigacchanti Ye ke catm-hano janah asuryah – meant for the asuras; nama – famous !y the name; te - those; loka – planets; andhena - !y i norance ; tamasa – !y dar"ness ; avrtah - covered; tan – those planets; te - they; pretya – after death; bhigacchanti – enter into; ye – anyone; ke – every-one; ca - and; atma-hanah – the "illers of the soul ; janah – persons$ TRANSLATION

%he "iller of the soul, whoever he may !e, must enter into the planets "nown as the worlds of the faithless, full of dar"ness and i norance$ PURPORT

MANTRA FOUR

nejad ekarh manaso javiyo !ainad deva apnuvan purvam arsat Tad dhavato nyan atyeti tisthat Tasminn apo matarisva dadhati nejat - ; ekam - one; manasah – than the mind; javiyah – more swift ; !a - not; enat - this +upreme *ord ; devah – the demi ods li"e Indra ; apnuvan – can approach; purvam – in front ; arsat – movin (uic"ly ; Tat - 'e ; dhavatah – those who are runnin ; anyan - others; atyeti - surpasses; tisthat – remainin in one place ; Tasmin – in 'im ; apah - rain; matarisva – the ods who control the wind and rain; dadhati - supply; TRANSLATION

Althou h fied in 'is a!ode, the Personality of &od-head is swifter than the mind and can overcome all others runnin $ %he powerful demi ods cannot approach 'im$ Althou h in one place, 'e controls those who supply the air and rain$ 'e surpasses all in ecellence$

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MANTRA FIVE

tad ejati tan naijati tad dure tad v antike tad antar asya sarvasya tad u sarvasyasya bahyatah tat – this supreme *ord ; ejati - wal"s ; tat - 'e ; na - not; eijati - wal"s ; tat - 'e ; dure – far away; tat - 'e ; u - also; antike – very near; tat - 'e ; antah - within ; asya – of this; sarvasya – of all ; tat - 'e ; u - also; sarvasyasya –of all ; asya – of this; bahyatah – eternal to$

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MANTRA SEVEN

Yasmin sarvani bhutany tmaivabhud vijanatah Tatra ko mohah kah soka #katvam anupasyatah Yasmin – in the situation; sarvani – all; bhutany – livin entities; tma – the cit-kana$or spiritual spar"; eva – only; abhut – eist as; who "nows; tatra – therein; kah – what; mohah –

vijanatah – of one

illusion; kah – what; soka - aniety; #katvam – oneness in (uality; anupasyatah –of one who sees throu h authority, or one who sees constantly li"e that$

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One who always sees all livin entities as spiritual spar"s, in (uality one with the *ord, !ecomes a true "nower of thin s$ What, then, can !e illusion or aniety for him PURPORT

MANTRA EIGHT

"a paryagac chukram adayam avranam snaviram suddham apapa-viddham %avir manisi paribhuh svayambhur Yathatathyato ‘rthan vyadadhac chasvatibhyah samabhyah

"ah – that person; paryagat – must "now in fact;

sukram – the omnipotent; akayam – unem!odied;

avranam – without reproach; asnaviram – without veins; suddham –antiseptic; apapa-viddham – prophylactic; kavih – omniscient; manisi - philosopher; paribhuh – the reatest of all; svayambhuh –self-sufficient; yathatathyatah – .ust in pursuance of; arthan – desira!les; vyadadhat – awards; sasvatibhyah –immemorial; samabhyah –time$ TRANSLATION

+uch a person must factually "now the reatest of all, the Personality of &odhead, who is un-em!odied, omniscient, !eyond reproach, without pure and uncontaminated, the self-sufficient philosopher who has !een fulfillinveins, everyone/s desire since time immemorial$

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MANTRA NINE

andham tamah pravisanti ye ‘vidyam upasate tato bhuya iva te tamo ya u vidyayam ratah andham – ross i norance;

tamah – dar"ness; pravisanti – enter into; ye – those who; avidyam –

nescience upasate –worship; – than that; bhuyah still more; iva – li"e; te – they; dar"ness; ye – those who; utata – also; vidyayam – in the–culture of "nowled e; ratah – en atamah ed$$ – TRANSLATION

%hose who en a e in the culture of nescient activities shall enter into the dar"est re ion of i norance$ Worse still are those en a ed in the culture of so-called "nowled e$ PURPORT

MANTRA TEN

anyad evahur vidyayanyad ahur avidyaya iti susruma dhiranam ye nas tad vicacaksire anyat – di&&erent; eva – certainly; ahuh- said; vidyaya – by culture o& kno'ledge; anyat – di&&erent; ahuh – said; avidyaya – by culture o& nescience; iti – thus; susruma – I heard; dhiranam – &rom the sober; ye – 'ho; nah – to us; tat – that; vicacaksire –e(plained)

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%he wise have eplained that one result is derived 0rom the culture of "nowled e and that a different result is o!tained from the culture of nescience$

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