ISAVASYA UPANISHAD : Mantram : 18.





ISAVASYA UPANISHAD :

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VAJASANEYI    SAMHITA    UPANISHAD



Mantram-18. ( Last Mantram )



Agne  naya   supatha  raye   asmin   visvanti   deva   vayunani   vidvan,



yuyo-dhyas-majjuhu-rana-meno   bhuyistham  te  nama-uktim  vidhema.



agne  =  O  Agni  (  O Lord  of  Fire );

naya  =  lead;

supatha  =  by  a  good  path;

raye  =  wealth;

asmin  =  us;

visvanti  =  all;

deva  =  O  God;

vayunani  =  ways;

vidvan  =  knower;

yuyodhi  =  remove;

asmat  =  from  us;

juhuranam  =  crookedly  attracting;

enah  =  sin;

bhuyistham  =  best;

te  =  to  you;

nama-uktim  =  prayer;

vidhema  =  offer.



" O  Agni!  (Lord  of  Fire!)  Lead  us  on  to  'wealth'  by  good  path,  as  Thou  knowest,  O  God,  all  the  many  ways.  Remove  the  crooked  attraction  of  sin  from  us.  We  offer  Thee  our  best  salutations  ( prayer)."



Discussion-1.  In  this  concluding  mantram  of  the  Upanishad,  which  represents  the  'seventh' and  the  'last  wave-of-thought  in  it',  both,  the  teacher  and  the  taught,  together  pray  to  their  Personal  God  to  guide  them  by  the  right  path  towards  'the  great  goal' .... the  'wealth.'


Putting  thus  into  the  mouth  of  a  Perfected  Master,  a  humble  and  a  meek  prayer  to  a  Lord  of  Personality,  his  'Ista  Devata' the  great  'Seer' of  the  Upanishad  is  indirectly  pointing  out  to  the  seeker  that,  at  the  period  of  Sadhana,  every  'Vedantic' seeker  must  necessarily  have,  as  an  important  item  of  his  'sadhana,'  an  unflinching,  deep,  and  ardent  devotion  for  a  Personal  God.

Next : Discussion-2. "Agni  Devata" ---the  Fire  God  .....

To be continued  ....    

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