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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