ISAVASYA UPANISHAD: “The All-Pervading Reality”: 14 - Swami Gurubhaktananda.

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Friday 29, May 2026, 05:30.
ISAVASYA UPANISHAD:
MEDITATIONS on the Self
18 Mantras on: “The All-Pervading Reality” 
Wave 4: Mantras 15-17 (3 No.) - “The VISION of TRUTH”
on the 12 Lectures delivered: Swami Tejomayananda:  to the 15th Batch Vedanta Course:   at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Powai, Mumbai July 11th – July 16th, 2012
Reflections: Swami Gurubhaktananda 
B. SAMBHOOTI & ASAMBHOOTI
Mantram - 16: The Vision of Truth:
Post-14.

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Mantram - 16: The Vision of Truth:

1 

Pooshan ekarshe yama = O Sun the Nourisher, O sole Seer, O controller of all, 

soorya praajaapatya = O Soorya, the son of Prajapati! 

2 

vyooha rashmeen = Disperse thy rays 

samooha tejah; = and gather up thy fiery Light… 

3 

yat te roopam kalyaana- = O That! What an auspicious Form is Thine  –  

tamam tat te pashyaami = O That most glorious Form do I behold! 

4 

yah asau asau purushah - = That is This…It is This Supreme Self within me, 

sah aham asmi. = 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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12 Lectures delivered: Swami Tejomayananda:  to the 15th Batch Vedanta Course.

Reflections: Swami Gurubhaktananda 

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