🪷 ईशोपनिषद् · Īśopaniṣad

Complete received 18-mantra reading witness · Śukla-Yajurveda tradition · Sanskrit, transliteration, and English meaning

Śānti-pāṭha · शान्तिपाठ

ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात् पूर्णमुदच्यते । पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥

om pūrṇam-adaḥ pūrṇam-idam pūrṇāt pūrṇam-udacyate | pūrṇasya pūrṇam-ādāya pūrṇam-evāvaśiṣyate ||

That is Purna; this is Purna; from Purna, Purna emanates. When Purna is taken from Purna, Purna alone remains.

Mantra 1 · मन्त्र 1

ॐ ईशावास्यमिदं सर्वं यत्किञ्च जगत्यां जगत् । तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम् ॥

īśā-vāsyam idam sarvam yat kiñca jagatyām jagat | tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā mā gṛdhaḥ kasya-svid dhanam ||

All this — whatever moves in this moving world — is pervaded by the Lord. Enjoy by renunciation. Do not covet anyone's wealth.

Mantra 2 · मन्त्र 2

कुर्वन्नेवेह कर्माणि जिजीविषेच्छतं समाः । एवं त्वयि नान्यथेतोऽस्ति न कर्म लिप्यते नरे ॥

kurvann eveha karmāṇi jijīviṣec chataṁ samāḥ | evaṁ tvayi nānyatheto 'sti na karma lipyate nare ||

Doing works indeed here, one may desire to live a hundred years. Thus it is for you — not otherwise than this. Action does not cling to a person (who acts thus).

Mantra 3 · मन्त्र 3

असुर्या नाम ते लोका अन्धेन तमसाऽऽवृताः । तांस्ते प्रेत्याभिगच्छन्ति ये के चात्महनो जनाः ॥

asuryā nāma te lokā andhena tamasā-āvṛtāḥ | tāṁs te pretyābhigacchanti ye ke cātma-hano janāḥ ||

Those worlds called Asurya are covered by blinding darkness; to them, after death, go those who slay the Self.

Mantra 4 · मन्त्र 4

अनेजदेकं मनसो जवीयो नैनद्देवा आप्नुवन्पूर्वमर्षत् । तद्धावतोऽन्यानत्येति तिष्ठत्तस्मिन्नपो मातरिश्वा दधाति ॥

anejad ekam manaso javīyo nainad devā āpnuvan pūrvam-arṣat | tad dhāvato'nyān atyeti tiṣṭhat tasminn apo mātariśvā dadhāti ||

The One, unmoving, is swifter than mind; the gods do not overtake it — it has gone before. Standing still, it outruns those who run.

Mantra 5 · मन्त्र 5

तदेजति तन्नैजति तद्दूरे तद्वन्तिके । तदन्तरस्य सर्वस्य तदु सर्वस्यास्य बाह्यतः ॥

tad ejati tan naijati tad dūre tad v antike | tad antar asya sarvasya tad u sarvasya asya bāhyataḥ ||

That moves; that moves not. That is far; that is near. That is within all this; that is also outside all this.

Mantra 6 · मन्त्र 6

यस्तु सर्वाणि भूतान्यात्मन्येवानुपश्यति । सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं ततो न विजुगुप्सते ॥

yas tu sarvāṇi bhūtāny ātmany evānupaśyati | sarva-bhūteṣu cātmānam tato na vijugupsate ||

He who sees all beings in the Self and the Self in all beings does not shrink from anything.

Mantra 7 · मन्त्र 7

यस्मिन्सर्वाणि भूतान्यात्मैवाभूद्विजानतः । तत्र को मोहः कः शोक एकत्वमनुपश्यतः ॥

yasmin sarvāṇi bhūtāny ātmaivābhūd vijānataḥ | tatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śoka ekatvam anupaśyataḥ ||

For the knower in whom all beings have become the very Self — what delusion, what sorrow, is there for one who sees this oneness?

Mantra 8 · मन्त्र 8

स पर्यगाच्छुक्रमकायमव्रणमस्नाविरं शुद्धमपापविद्धम् । कविर्मनीषी परिभूः स्वयम्भूर्याथातथ्यतोऽर्थान् व्यदधाच्छाश्वतीभ्यः समाभ्यः ॥

sa paryagāc chukram akāyam avraṇam asnāviraṁ śuddham apāpa-viddham | kavir manīṣī paribhūḥ svayambhūr yāthā-tathyato 'rthān vyadadhāc chāśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥ ||

That is all-pervading, bright, bodiless, scatheless, sinewless, pure, untouched by evil; the Seer, the Thinker, self-existent, has disposed all things rightly for eternal years.

Mantra 9 · मन्त्र 9

अन्धं तमः प्रविशन्ति येऽविद्यामुपासते । ततो भूय इव ते तमो य उ विद्यायां रताः ॥

andhaṁ tamaḥ praviśanti ye 'vidyām upāsate | tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u vidyāyāṁ ratāḥ ||

Into blinding darkness they enter who worship avidyā; into greater darkness still, they who delight only in vidyā.

Mantra 10 · मन्त्र 10

अन्यदेवाहुर्विद्ययाऽन्यदाहुरविद्यया । इति शुश्रुम धीराणां ये नस्तद्विचचक्षिरे ॥

anyad evāhur vidyayā 'nyad āhur avidyayā | iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṁ ye nas tad vicacakṣire ||

One result, they say, comes of vidyā; another, of avidyā — thus have we heard from the wise who declared it to us.

Mantra 11 · मन्त्र 11

विद्यां चाविद्यां च यस्तद्वेदोभयं सह । अविद्यया मृत्युं तीर्त्वा विद्ययामृतमश्नुते ॥

vidyāṁ cāvidyāṁ ca yas tad vedobhayaṁ saha | avidyayā mṛtyuṁ tīrtvā vidyayāmṛtam aśnute ||

He who knows both vidyā and avidyā together — by avidyā he crosses death, by vidyā he attains amṛta.

Mantra 12 · मन्त्र 12

अन्धं तमः प्रविशन्ति येऽसम्भूतिमुपासते । ततो भूय इव ते तमो य उ सम्भूत्यां रताः ॥

andhaṁ tamaḥ praviśanti ye 'sambhūtim upāsate | tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u sambhūtyāṁ ratāḥ ||

Into blinding darkness they enter who worship asambhūti (the unmanifest alone); into greater darkness still, they who delight only in sambhūti (the manifest alone).

Mantra 13 · मन्त्र 13

अन्यदेवाहुः सम्भवादन्यदाहुरसम्भवात् । इति शुश्रुम धीराणां ये नस्तद्विचचक्षिरे ॥

anyad evāhuḥ sambhavād anyad āhur asambhavāt | iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṁ ye nas tad vicacakṣire ||

One result, they say, comes from sambhava; another, from asambhava — thus have we heard from the wise who declared it to us.

Mantra 14 · मन्त्र 14

सम्भूतिं च विनाशं च यस्तद्वेदोभयं सह । विनाशेन मृत्युं तीर्त्वा सम्भूत्याऽमृतमश्नुते ॥

sambhūtiṁ ca vināśaṁ ca yas tad vedobhayaṁ saha | vināśena mṛtyuṁ tīrtvā sambhūtyā 'mṛtam aśnute ||

He who knows both sambhūti (manifest) and vināśa (dissolution) together crosses death by vināśa and attains amṛta by sambhūti.

Mantra 15 · मन्त्र 15

हिरण्मयेन पात्रेण सत्यस्यापिहितं मुखम् । तत्त्वं पूषन्नपावृणु सत्यधर्माय दृष्टये ॥

hiraṇmayena pātreṇa satyasyāpihitaṁ mukham | tat tvaṁ pūṣann apāvṛṇu satya-dharmāya dṛṣṭaye ||

The face of truth is hidden by a golden vessel; O Pūṣan, uncover it for one devoted to satya-dharma — for vision.

Mantra 16 · मन्त्र 16

पूषन्नेकर्षे यम सूर्य प्राजापत्य व्यूह रश्मीन् समूह तेजो यत्ते रूपं कल्याणतमं तत्ते पश्यामि योऽसावसौ पुरुषः सोऽहमस्मि ॥

pūṣann ekarṣe yama sūrya prājāpatya vyūha raśmīn samūha tejaḥ | yat te rūpaṁ kalyāṇa-tamaṁ tat te paśyāmi | yo 'sāv asau puruṣaḥ so 'ham asmi ||

O Pūṣan, sole Seer, Yama, Sūrya, child of Prajāpati — disperse your rays, gather back your splendour. That form of yours which is most auspicious, that I see. That Puruṣa who is there, He am I.

Mantra 17 · मन्त्र 17

वायुरनिलममृतमथेदं भस्मान्तं शरीरम् । ॐ क्रतो स्मर कृतं स्मर क्रतो स्मर कृतं स्मर ॥

vāyur anilam amṛtam athedaṁ bhasmāntaṁ śarīram | oṁ krato smara kṛtaṁ smara krato smara kṛtaṁ smara ||

May breath return to the immortal air, and this body end in ash. OM, O purpose, remember! remember the done! OM, O purpose, remember! remember the done!

Mantra 18 · मन्त्र 18

अग्ने नय सुपथा राये अस्मान्विश्वानि देव वयुनानि विद्वान् । युयोध्यस्मज्जुहुराणमेनो भूयिष्ठां ते नम उक्तिं विधेम ॥

agne naya supathā rāye asmān viśvāni deva vayunāni vidvān | yuyodhy asmaj juhurāṇam eno bhūyiṣṭhāṁ te nama uktiṁ vidhema ||

O Agni, lead us by a good path to prosperity — you, O Divine One, who know all our ways. Keep away from us the sin that deceives. To you we offer many a word of praise.

For the 4 Vedic seed-mantras (mahā-vākyas), see /mahavakyas. For the index of all 10 Mukhya Upaniṣads, see /upanishads.
🪷 अनुक्रमणिका · Contents · 4 sections
  1. Central Teaching
  2. Key Śloka
  3. Krishna-Tattva Connection
  4. Bhagavad Gītā Cross-References

Upaniṣad #1 of 10 Mukhya · The Iśā Upaniṣad — the Lord-of-All · Yajur-Veda (Śukla) · 18 mantras · the shortest of the Mukhya · also called Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad

Central Teaching

The PŪRṆA-MANTRA — completeness. Whatever exists in this jagat is pervaded by the Lord (īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam). Renounce-and-enjoy together (tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā). The Iśopaniṣad is the SEAL VERSE of the Vidhyamitra substrate · its invocation is in every page footer · its 18 mantras are the founding ślokas of the prasthāna-trayī itself.

Key Śloka

ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात् पूर्णमुदच्यते। पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते॥

oṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁ pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate · pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate

"That is full, this is full. From fullness emerges fullness. Take fullness from fullness — fullness alone remains."

— Īśopaniṣad invocation (śānti-mantra)

🪷 Krishna-Tattva Connection

The Pūrṇa-mantra is Krishna's self-statement: He is the One Full from whom all fullness emerges, in whom all fullness rests, and what remains after every withdrawal is still Pūrṇa. Vidhyamitra is grounded in this mantra · every reading, every computation, and every act of service is offered with the recognition that taking-from-completeness does not diminish completeness.

Bhagavad Gītā Cross-References

This Upaniṣad echoes through the Bhagavad-Gītā at:

📖 References

  1. Traditional śruti transmission. Īśopaniṣad Upaniṣad (ईशोपनिषद्), Īśopaniṣad invocation (śānti-mantra). Complete received 18-mantra local witness; no printed or critical edition pinned · Received local text witness.
  2. Ādi Śaṅkarācārya (~8th century CE). Śāṅkara-Bhāṣya on Īśopaniṣad Upaniṣad (शाङ्कर-भाष्य). The Advaita-Vedānta authoritative commentary · Traditional commentary reference; no local bhāṣya edition is asserted.
  3. Vyāsa Maharṣi. Bhagavad-Gītā (भगवद्गीता). Mahābhārata Bhīṣma-parva 23-40 · multiple recensions in continuous use ~5,150 years · 700 verses · 18 chapters · the core dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna · www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179572.
  4. Bhagavad-Gītā cross-references, BG 15.7 mamaivāṁśo · BG 13.27 sama-darśana · BG 18.66 carama-śloka · BG verses that echo this Upaniṣad's teaching.
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Sources and Connected Readings

Continue from this complete received 18-mantra reader to the Upaniṣad index, exact Bhagavad-Gītā bridge verses, ŚB 1.2.11's advaya-tattva synthesis, Bindu, and philosophy. Bhagavad-Gītā ranges are expanded into individual verse routes for direct reading.

Īśopaniṣadcomplete received 18-mantra reader; exact printed or critical edition not identified/upanishadsone complete received reader and nine editorial introductions with source review in progressYV 40separately received Mādhyandina comparison witness; not silently equated with this readerBG 15.7mamaivāṁśoBG 13.27sama-darśanaBG 18.66carama-ślokaŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattva/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Brahman as one valid Bindu-aperture/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

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📚 See Also

📖 References

  1. Īśopaniṣad · Yajur-Veda (Śukla) — Complete received 18-mantra local witness; exact edition not identified
  2. Śaṅkara-Bhāṣya · traditional commentary lineage — Bibliographic orientation only; no local bhāṣya edition is asserted
  3. Īśopaniṣad invocation (śānti-mantra) — The key-śloka of this Upaniṣad · the verse that crystallizes its teaching
Categories: Mukhya Upaniṣads · Vedānta · Śruti · Prasthāna-Trayī · Yajur-Veda (Śukla)