ISAVASYA UPANISHAD : Mantram : 11..
ISAVASYA UPANISHAD : or VAJASANEYI SAMHITA UPANISHAD Mantram-11. Vidyam cavidyam ca yastad vedo-bhayagm saha, avidyaya mrtyum tirtva vidyaya-mrtam-asnute. vidyam = vidya; ca = and; avidyam = avidya; yah = who; tat = that; veda = known; ubhayagm = both; saha = together; avidyaya = by avidya; mrtyum = death; tirtva = crossing; vidyaya = by vidya; amrtam = immortality; asnute = enjoys, obtains. (11). "He who knows at the same time both " Vidya and Avidya," overcomes death by 'Avidya' and obtains immortality by 'Vidya.' " Discussion-1 In explaining the great theory of 'action in inaction' the Rishi have given this pregnant Mantram to their Bharatheeya generations. In the first Mantram of this section, they condemned both 'Vidya and Avidya' as guiding us only to a dark age