ISAVASYA UPANISHAD : - Mantram -2.

ISAVASYA UPANISHAD :

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VAJASANEYI    SAMHITA    UPANISHAD 



Mantram-2.


Discussion- 10. on Gita is continued  ...


And  why  not?  

Has  not  Krishna  the  right  to  do  so?

"Yajnavalkya,"   the  compiler  of  the  " Sukla-Yajur-Veda  Samhita"   is  the  Seer  of  this  Upanishad,  which  is  the  40th  Chapter  of  the  Samhita.

And  Lord  Sun   was  the  teacher  of  'Yajnavalkya.'

But  Krishna  was  the  very  teacher  of  Lord  Sun  ----  because  in  the  Gita  we  read  that  Krishna  taught  this  knowledge  to  "  Vivasvan,"  
the  Sun-God.

Thus  the  Guru  of  'Yajnavalkya'  was  a  disciple  of  Lord  Krishna.

In  the  Gita :  (ch-4. sl-10),  Krishna  expressly  says  that  he  was  reviving  the  Yoga  that  he  taught  long  ago  to  the  Lord  Sun.

Naturally,  therefore,  we  find  a  similarity  in  the  ideas  in  both  "Isavasya-Upanishad  and  the  Srimad  Bhagavad-Gita.



Attachment  to  the  results  not  only  vitiates  the  capacity  in  the  individual  to  perform  the  work,  but  it  leaves  certain  impressions  in  the  mind  which  debilitate  and  demoralise  the  individual  concerned  in  all  future  activities.

De-personalisation  is  the  secret  of  inspiration,  and  a  work  done  under  inspiration  is  certainly  a  thousand  times  more  irresistible  in  its  effectiveness.

The  secret  of  all-enduring  work  lies  in  this  de-personalisation  of  the  worker  from  his  work.

The  scripture  here  is  advocating  every  man  of  energy  and  activity  to  work  tirelessly  in  the  world  in  a  continuous  and  unbroken  mood  of  inspiration.

Next : Discussion - 11. Last  four  terms  " na  karma  lipyate  nare"   in  this  second  mantram  .....

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