ISAVASYA UPANISHAD : - 14. Swami Tejomayananda.

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Monday, October 24, 2022. 06:30.

ISHAVASYA UPANISHAD

Wave 4: Mantras 15-17 (3 No.)

“The VISION of TRUTH”

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MANTRAM-16.The Vision of Truth :

1 Pooshan ekarshe yama soorya praajaapatya  

2 vyooha rashmeen samooha tejah; 

3 yat te roopam kalyaana-tamam tat te pashyaami 

4 yah asau asau purushah sah aham asmi. 

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Translation :

1 Pooshan ekarshe yama soorya praajaapatya = O Sun the Nourisher, O sole Seer, O controller of all, O Soorya, the son of Prajapati!

2 vyooha rashmeen samooha tejah; = Disperse thy rays and gather up thy fiery Light…

3 yat te roopam kalyaana-tamam tat te pashyaami = O That! What an auspicious Form is Thine –  That most glorious Form do I behold!

4 yah asau asau purushah sah aham asmi. = That is This…It is This Supreme Self within me, He, indeed, am I!

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Commentary :

1 So, following up on his request in the previous verse, the devotee returns the next 

day and continues to glorify the Sun with some more beautiful praises. He is Pooshan, the 

Nourisher of all beings. He is Ekarsha, the sole Seer who provides the light by which all 

others may see. Seer could also mean a Rishi, as the Sun resembles a great Being stalking 

the sky from east to west, keeping a watch on everything that is going on. Thus He is also 

called Yama, the controller of all. All activity on earth begins when He rises, and stops when 

He sets.

2 The same request, as made on the previous day, is repeated again today, and every 

day until it is answered.

3 Soon Pooshan has checked out the seeker’s records. He brings good tidings – the

devotee is found to be eligible, indeed! The moment has come for the ‘golden disc’ to be 

uncovered. The blessed vision materializes….

The devotee takes in his first glimpse and exclaims, “O It’s You! What an auspicious

Form You have!”

He recognizes what he sees, and finds that it is he himself that is there! What a 

wonder! Sah Aham Asmi – “He, indeed, am I!” he rejoices, echoing the sacred Mahavakyas 

of the Upanishads. The Truth has dawned upon him. The ecstatic moment of realisation has 

come at last! Pooshan has graciously obliged him by lifting his veil.

Yat…Tat, “That” refers to the Supreme Being, Brahman, pervading all creation; 

whereas Asau, Asau, “This, This” refers to the very same Being dwelling in the seeker’s 

heart, the Lord as the indwelling Presence. He sees no difference between them.

The sun, too bright to be seen during the day, is seen in all its glory at sunrise and 

sunset. Hence, these two periods are especially auspicious for meditation upon the Divine. 

Every seeker of Truth uses these periods of Sandhya for deep spiritual contemplation.

Having seen the vision of Truth, the “death” of the ego-consciousness has occurred. 

This is the only death that is significant in Vedanta. Immortality follows this death. This is 

explained more in the next mantram…

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Next-

Mantram- 17: The Approach of Death

To be continued

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