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Īśā Upanishad

1īśāvāsyamidaṃ sarvaṃ yatkiñca jagatyāṃ jagat tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā mā gṛdhaḥ kasya sviddhanaṃ ||

2kurvanneveha karmāṇi jijīviṣecchataṃ samāḥ | evaṃ tvayi nānyatheto'sti na karma lipyate nare ||

3asūryā nāma te lokā andhena tamasāvṛtāḥ | tāṃste pretyābhigacchanti ye ke cātmahano janāḥ ||

4anejadekaṃ manaso javīyo nainaddevā āpnuvan pūrvamarṣat | taddhāvato'nyānatyeti tiṣṭhattasminnapo mātariśvā dadhāti ||

5tadejati tannaijati taddūre tadvantike | tadantarasya sarvasya tadu sarvasyāsya bāhyataḥ ||

6yastu sarvāṇi bhūtānyātmanyevānupaśyati | sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṃ tato na vijugupsate ||

7yasmin sarvāṇi bhūtānyātmaivābhūdvijānataḥ | tatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śoka ekatvamanupaśyataḥ ||

8sa paryagācchukramakāyamavraṇamasnāviraṃ śuddhamapāpaviddhaṃ | kavirmanīṣī paribhūḥ svayambhūryāthātathyato'rthān vyadadhācchāśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥ ||

9andhaṃ tamaḥ praviśanti ye'vidyāmupāsate | tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u vidyāyāṃ ratāḥ ||

10anyadevāhurvidyayānyadāhuravidyayā iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṃ ye nastadvicacakṣire ||

11vidyāṃ cāvidyāṃ ca yastadvedobhayaṃ saha | avidyayā mṛtyuṃ tīrtvā vidyayāmṛtamaśnute ||

12andhaṃ tamaḥ praviśanti ye'sambhūtimupāsate | tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u sambhūtyāṃ ratāḥ ||

13anyadevāhuḥ sambhavādanyadāhurasambhavāt | iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṃ ye nastadvicacakṣire ||

14sambhūtiṃ ca vināśaṃ ca yastadvedobhayaṃ saha | vināśena mṛtyuṃ tīrtvā sambhūtyāmṛtamaśnute ||

15hiraṇmayena pātreṇa satyasyāpihitaṃ mukhaṃ | tattvaṃ pūṣannapāvṛṇu satyadharmāya dṛṣṭaye ||

16pūṣannekarṣe yama sūrya prājāpatya vyūha raśmīn samūha | tejo yatte rūpaṃ kalyāṇatamaṃ tatte paśyāmi yo'sāvasau puruṣaḥ so'hamasmi ||

17vāyuranilamamṛtamathedaṃ bhasmāntaṃ śarīraṃ | oṃ krato smara kṛtaṃ smara krato smara kṛtaṃ smara ||

18agne naya supathā rāye asmān viśvāni deva vayunāni vidvān | yuyodhyasmajjuhurāṇameno bhūyiṣṭhāṃ te nama uktiṃ vidhema ||

Chapter source notes

Independent normalized IAST transcription from Röer 1850, printed pp. 4–27. See Edition source for the Devanagari print and commentary.

Verse 3 retains Roer’s asūryā. Word spacing, nasal notation and post-r doubling follow the declared normalization policy; no automatic equivalence with the retired edition is implied.

Edition source ↗ · Public-domain historical print; independent project transcription with no additional reuse restrictions asserted.
E. Röer (ed.), Bibliotheca Indica VIII, Calcutta: J. Thomas, Baptist Mission Press, 1850. Digital Library of India / Asiatic Society scan. Independent IAST transcription by Sacred Text Compass, 2026.