Pariksith Singh, MD

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Isha Upanishad Shloka 11 Pada 2

यस्तद्वेदोभयं सह ।

य: who
तत् that
वेद knows
उभयम् both
सह together
He who knows both together

This is very clear. There is no confusion here. But it makes no sense. How can the wise one know both together? That is the massive insight

That even ignorance houses Isha, even in darkness he resides with his own Light. The key here is to go beyond duality and to learn how to discover Isha in the ignorance

For example, through Vidya one knows the Oneness, the Unmanifest Brahman. But avidya gives us the knowledge of the multiplicity, the manifest Brahman

Avidya is not negative nor false nor delusion. It is limited because one’s sight is limited. But when the inner sight opens the wise one can see through the avidya the play of Isha, the Leela, the dance, and the Truth even in the multiplicity of the One. The One in many, the many as One: this is the great Vedic understanding of Reality

Both see as one, says the sage! One of the profoundest insights of humanity is revealed here
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ईश उपनिषद श्लोक ११

विद्या से अर्थ क्या है? वह जिससे ज्ञान आता है। किसका ज्ञान? एकत्व का ज्ञान, ब्रह्म का ज्ञान, अक्षर का ज्ञान।

अविद्या क्या है? जो उस ब्रह्म को न जानते संसार के विभिन्न नाम रूपों में लिप्त है। जिसे ज्ञान है तो केवल सापेक्ष का, क्षर का।

किंतु दोनों ही ईश्वर का प्रकटन हैं, दोनों में ईश व्याप्त हैं।

अतः जो वास्तव में ज्ञानी है वह अक्षर और क्षर दोनों को एक ही सत्य का अंग मानता है।

या जैसे श्री कृष्ण गीता में कहते हैं कि वे व्यक्त और अव्यक्त दोनों से उच्च हैं , परे हैं, वे उत्तम पुरुष भी हैं तो परा प्रकृति भी

यदि यह बात समझ आ जाए तो ईश उपनिषद का क्रांतिकारी दर्शन समझ आ जाता है कि अज्ञान में भी, अविद्या में भी ईश उपस्थित हैं
(श्री अरविंद से)
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The Literary Genius of Isha Upanishad Shloka 11 Pada 1

विद्यां चाविद्यां च

What a gorgeous punravritti! The आ sound is in the middle and on both sides to it are vidyam and cha विद्याम् and च । The अ of अविद्याम becomes आ in the exact middle

Vyakarana is used to create a rhythm that is insistent and powerful. Sandhi gives us the perfect recurrence

Each varna is deergha until the last hrisva that is च । The first गण is मगण and the second गण is तगण । This makes the rhythm strong and sustained

Or the first foot is long-long-long and the second is long-long-short । Let me stop here so that you may enjoy the beautiful selection of varna, matra, sandhi and santaana here
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The Literary Genius of the Isha Upanishad: Eva

If one wants to see the power of a single small word in literature, it is here. The eva gives emphasis to the other, anyad

What we consider to be the results of knowledge and ignorance have been exceeded here. We thinks knowledge gives us freedom or power. Nope! Think again, says the Rishi.

We think ignorance prevents us from growth and mukti. Nope! Think again! What a phenomenal challenge to the student or seeker. How can ignorance be used ? Is it even possible? We shall find out the secret in the 11th Shloka in a magnificent revelation. A great hidden treasure awaits us in line of the Vedic mysteries, most of which we have now forgotten. But the Isha still holds on to it in plain sight. It is a revelation that will make you see the world differently once you understand. That even the darkness is Isha and can be turned to great use

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The Literary Genius of Isha Upanishad Shloka 10 line 1

अन्यदेवाहुर्विद्ययाऽन्यदाहुरविद्यया

Translation: Other, verily, it is said, is that which comes by the Knowledge, other that which comes by the Ignorance (Sri Aurobindo)

This is one of the most lyrical lines of Upanishadic literature. The use of aahu- is a beautiful shlesha which suggests the aahooti of the Yajna. Here it means what comes as a result

Except for one word eva in the first pada, the second pada repeats the first verbatim. What was the need to repeat? It seems to me that the two poles of Vidya and avidya are contrasted here

Sri Aurobindo explains further. The eva here gives anyad the force. “Quite other than the result described in the preceding verse is that to which lead the Knowledge and the Ignorance.” This is a very discriminating observation. Here, the Isha shows itself as a masterly example of subtle effects in literature. By using eva and repeating the first pada, a powerful effect is created on the mind of the listener taking him or her away from the usual understanding to an enlightened one
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