ईशा वास्यम् इदꣳ सर्वं यत् किं च जगत्यां जगत् ।
तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्य स्विद् धनम् ॥
īśā vāsyam idam̐ sarvaṃ yat kiṃ ca jagatyāṃ jagat |
tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā mā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanam ||
All this, whatsoever exists in the universe, should be covered by the Lord. Having renounced (the unreal), enjoy (the Real). Do not covet the wealth of any man.
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 1; the wording of this text may differ in places.
If one should desire to live in this world a hundred years, one should live performing Karma (righteous deeds). Thus thou mayest live; there is no other way. By doing this, Karma (the fruits of thy actions) will not defile thee.
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 2; the wording of this text may differ in places.
असुर्या नाम ते लोका ऽअन्धेन तमसावृताः ।
ताꣳस् ते प्रेत्यापि गच्छन्ति ये के चात्महनो जनाः ॥
asuryā nāma te lokā 'andhena tamasāvṛtāḥ |
tām̐s te pretyāpi gacchanti ye ke cātmahano janāḥ ||
After leaving their bodies, they who have killed the Self go to the worlds of the Asuras, covered with blinding ignorance.
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 3; the wording of this text may differ in places.
anejad ekaṃ manaso javīyo nainad devā ' āpnuvan pūrvam arśat |
tad dhāvato 'nyān aty eti tiṣṭhat tasminn apo mātariśvā dadhāti ||
That One, though motionless, is swifter than the mind. The senses can never overtake It, for It ever goes before. Though immovable, It travels faster than those who run. By It the all-pervading air sustains all living beings.
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 4; the wording of this text may differ in places.
tad ejati tan naijati tad dūre tad v antike |
tad antar asya sarvasya tad u sarvasyāsya bāhyataḥ ||
It moves and It moves not. It is far and also It is near. It is within and also It is without all this.
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 5; the wording of this text may differ in places.
yas tu sarvāṇi bhūtāny ātmann evānupaśyati |
sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṃ tato na vi cikitsati ||
He who sees all beings in the Self and the Self in all beings, he never turns away from It (the Self).
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 6; the wording of this text may differ in places.
sa pary agāc chukram akāyam avraṇam asnāviram̐ śuddham apāpaviddham |
kavir manīṣī paribhūḥ svayaṃbhūr yāthātathyato 'rthān vyadadhācchāśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥ ||
He (the Self) is all-encircling, resplendent, bodiless, spotless, without sinews, pure, untouched by sin, all-seeing, all-knowing, transcendent, self-existent; He has disposed all things duly for eternal years.
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 8; the wording of this text may differ in places.
अन्धं तमः प्र विशन्ति ये ऽसंभूतिम् उपासते ।
ततो भूय ऽ इव ते तमो य ऽ उ संभूत्याꣳ रताः ॥
andhaṃ tamaḥ pra viśanti ye 'saṃbhūtim upāsate |
tato bhūya ' iva te tamo ya ' u saṃbhūtyām̐ ratāḥ ||
They fall into blind darkness who worship the Unmanifested and they fall into greater darkness who worship the manifested.
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 12; the wording of this text may differ in places.
anyad evāhuḥ saṃbhavād anyad āhur asaṃbhavāt |
iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṃ ye nas tad vicacakṣire ||
By the worship of the Unmanifested one end is attained; by the worship of the manifested, another. Thus we have heard from the wise men who taught us this.
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 13; the wording of this text may differ in places.
संभूतिं च विनाशं च यस् तद् वेदोभयꣳ सह ।
विनाशेन मृत्युं तीर्त्वा संभूत्यामृतम् अश्नुते ॥
saṃbhūtiṃ ca vināśaṃ ca yas tad vedobhayam̐ saha |
vināśena mṛtyuṃ tīrtvā saṃbhūtyāmṛtam aśnute ||
He who knows at the same time both the Unmanifested (the cause of manifestation) and the destructible or manifested, he crosses over death through knowledge of the destructible and attains immortality through knowledge of the First Cause (Unmanifested).
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 14; the wording of this text may differ in places.
अन्धं तमः प्र विशन्ति ये ऽविद्याम् उपासते ।
ततो भूय ऽ इव ते तमो य ऽ उ विद्यायाꣳ रताः ॥
andhaṃ tamaḥ pra viśanti ye 'vidyām upāsate |
tato bhūya ' iva te tamo ya ' u vidyāyām̐ ratāḥ ||
They enter into blind darkness who worship Avidya (ignorance and delusion); they fall, as it were, into greater darkness who worship Vidya (knowledge).
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 9; the wording of this text may differ in places.
anyad evāhur vidyāyā ' anyad āhur avidyāyāḥ |
iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṃ ye nas tad vicacakṣire ||
By Vidya one end is attained; by Avidya, another. Thus we have heard from the wise men who taught this.
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 10; the wording of this text may differ in places.
vidyāṃ cāvidyāṃ ca yas tad vedobhayam̐ saha |
avidyayā mṛtyuṃ tīrtvā vidyayāmṛtam aśnute ||
He who knows at the same time both Vidya and Avidya, crosses over death by Avidya and attains immortality through Vidya.
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 11; the wording of this text may differ in places.
agne naya supathā rāye ' asmān viśvāni deva vayunāni vidvān |
yuyodhy asmaj juhurāṇam eno bhūyiṣṭhāṃ te nama ' uktiṃ vidhema ||
O Agni (Bright Being)! Lead us to blessedness by the good path. O Lord! Thou knowest all our deeds, remove all evil and delusion from us. To Thee we offer our prostrations and supplications again and again.
Translated by Swami ParamanandaThis is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at IsU 18; the wording of this text may differ in places.