ISAVASYA UPANISHAD : - Mantram -2.
ISAVASYA UPANISHAD :
or
VAJASANEYI SAMHITA UPANISHAD
Mantram-2.
Discussion - 9. "Gita"-2.47, 3.20" 'Duty' ....
Srimad Bhagavad-Gita seems to have sprung directly from the spirit of this Upanishad.
The Lord has used the sentiments of this scripture so liberally but freely in the Gita, that the Song of the Lord looks almost an original and independent work; but a close student cannot be deceived.
When Lord Krishna exhorts Arjuna, there is indeed a flavour of the "Isavasya mantram" now under discussion here.***
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1. "Therefore, engage yourself in doing 'karma' only:- Gita: 4-15."
2." your duty is only to do 'karma' never expect the fruits of it :
Gita : 2-47."
3. "Through dedicated 'karma' alone Janaka and others reached true perfection" -- Gita : 3-20.
There are eighteen mantra-s here in this Upanishad, and we find eighteen chapters in the Gita.
Earlier in the classic, we read that 'Nara' and 'Narayana' did tapas
in the 'Bhadrinatha' and they became Arjuna and Krishna of the Gita.
Even taking the obvious meaning we have, in Gita, a dialogue between Krishna ( Narayana ) and Arjuna ( Nara ) ; between God ( Narayana ) and man ( Nara ).
In this Upanishad also, the disciple seems to be Nara ( na lipyate nare ).
"Total surrender unto Narayana and to work in a spirit of selfless service is the burning theme of both this Upanishad and the discourses in the Gita."
Next : Discussion- 10. on Gita is continued ...
To be continued ...
on the occasion of "Gita-yajnam."
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