A Discussion on Isavasya Upanishad : ( 07/02/2013. )

 ============================================================= ============================================================= Saturday, March 26, 2022. 19:30. Mantram-1. (Continued) ============================================================== 1. "Om Isavasyam idaṁ sarvam yat kiṁ ca jagatyam jagat, tena tyaktena bhunjitha, ma gṛdhah kasyasvid dhanam."  tena tyaktena bhunjitha : There are different interpreta­tions for this phrase from different viewpoints. For tena, one meaning is “through”; “therefore” is another. Madhvacarya's view is—from or through Him. So, Madhvacarya's interpretation is, giving up that which has been given through Him. Sankara says: From whom? Him from which all creation has come. And, for this reason, ‘therefore', tyaktena, is that which has been sacrificed or that which has been given up through vairāgya (and not shedding of unwanted or extra things). This first mantra is an aphorism and so does not give the meaning in detail but gives it ...

 =============================================================== =============================================================== Tuesday, March 08, 2022. 20:00. Mantram-1. ============================================================== "Om Isavasyam idaṁ sarvam yat kiṁ ca jagatyam jagat, tena tyaktena bhunjitha, ma gṛdhah kasyasvid dhanam."  The Upaniṣad begins with the word Isavasyam, and so goes by the name of Isavasyopaniṣad. There are other such examples of this tradition. Kenopaniṣad, for instance, is so named because the very first word of it is kena. Iśāvāsyam: Īśvara is 1st person singular. So, īśāvāsyam means īśvara resides. Sankaracarya says that the root is it (eit) meaning īṭ; and īṭ means God. So īśāvāsyam can also mean through īṭ. Or, the compound word is split thus: Isa+ avasyam –avasyam means, that alone which is fit to bear or cover, that is (it is), Isvara's temple, the fit place for Him. Another mean­ing is that which is fit to be enveloped by Isvara. Ma...