Chapter 1: All this is clothed by the Lord

ॐ ईशा वास्यमिदँ सर्वं यत्किञ्च जगत्यां जगत् ।
तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम्

oṃ īśā vāsyamidam̐ sarvaṃ yatkiñca jagatyāṃ jagat |
tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā mā gṛdhaḥ kasyasviddhanam

All this, whatever moves in this moving world, is to be covered by the Lord (Isha), indwelt by Him. Enjoy by giving up, by letting go of the sense that anything is yours. Do not covet. Whose, after all, is wealth?

कुर्वन्नेवेह कर्माणि जिजीविषेच्छतँ समाः ।
एवं त्वयि नान्यथेतोऽस्ति न कर्म लिप्यते नरे

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

Doing one's work here, one may wish to live a hundred years. For you, living in this spirit, there is no other way than this: action does not cling to such a man.

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

asuryā nāma te lokā andhena tamasā''vṛtāḥ |
tām̐ste pretyābhigacchanti ye ke cātmahano janāḥ

There are worlds called Asurya, sunless, wrapped in blind darkness. To them, after death, go those people who slay the Self, who live ignoring the Atman within.

अनेजदेकं मनसो जवीयो नैनद्देवा आप्नुवन्पूर्वमर्षत् ।
तद्धावतोऽन्यानत्येति तिष्ठत्तस्मिन्नपो मातरिश्वा दधाति

anejadekaṃ manaso javīyo nainaddevā āpnuvanpūrvamarṣat |
taddhāvato'nyānatyeti tiṣṭhattasminnapo mātariśvā dadhāti

The One does not move, yet is swifter than the mind. The senses (devas) cannot reach It, for It has always gone ahead. Standing still, It outruns all who run. In It, Matarishvan, the cosmic life-force, sustains the activities of all beings.

तदेजति तन्नैजति तद्दूरे तद्वन्तिके ।
तदन्तरस्य सर्वस्य तदु सर्वस्यास्य बाह्यतः

tadejati tannaijati taddūre tadvantike |
tadantarasya sarvasya tadu sarvasyāsya bāhyataḥ

It moves, and It does not move. It is far away, and It is very near. It is within all this, and It is also outside all this.

यस्तु सर्वाणि भूतान्यात्मन्येवानुपश्यति ।
सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं ततो न विजुगुप्सते

yastu sarvāṇi bhūtānyātmanyevānupaśyati |
sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṃ tato na vijugupsate

He who sees all beings in the Self alone, and the Self in all beings, no longer shrinks from anything or hates anyone.

यस्मिन्सर्वाणि भूतान्यात्मैवाभूद्विजानतः ।
तत्र को मोहः कः शोक एकत्वमनुपश्यतः

yasminsarvāṇi bhūtānyātmaivābhūdvijānataḥ |
tatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śoka ekatvamanupaśyataḥ

When, for one who knows, all beings have become his own Self, what delusion, what sorrow can there be for him who sees this oneness?

स पर्यगाच्छुक्रमकायमव्रण-मस्नाविरँ शुद्धमपापविद्धम् ।
कविर्मनीषी परिभूः स्वयम्भू-र्याथातथ्यतोऽर्थान् व्यदधाच्छाश्वतीभ्यः समाभ्यः

sa paryagācchukramakāyamavraṇa-masnāviram̐ śuddhamapāpaviddham |
kavirmanīṣī paribhūḥ svayambhū-ryāthātathyato'rthān vyadadhācchāśvatībhyaḥ samābhyaḥ

He pervades all. He is radiant, bodiless, without wound or sinew, pure, untouched by sin. The seer, the wise one, present everywhere and self-born, has ordained things rightly for the endless years.

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

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

Into blind darkness enter those who worship avidya, ritual action alone. Into a greater darkness, as it were, enter those who delight only in vidya, knowledge of the deities, without action.

अन्यदेवाहुर्विद्ययाऽन्यदाहुरविद्यया ।
इति शुश्रुम धीराणां ये नस्तद्विचचक्षिरे

anyadevāhurvidyayā'nyadāhuravidyayā |
iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṃ ye nastadvicacakṣire

One result, they say, comes from vidya; another, they say, from avidya. So we have heard from the wise who explained this to us.

विद्यां चाविद्यां च यस्तद्वेदोभयँ सह ।
अविद्यया मृत्युं तीर्त्वा विद्ययाऽमृतमश्नुते

vidyāṃ cāvidyāṃ ca yastadvedobhayam̐ saha |
avidyayā mṛtyuṃ tīrtvā vidyayā'mṛtamaśnute

He who knows both vidya and avidya together crosses death through avidya, right action, and through vidya, knowledge, attains immortality.

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

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

Into blind darkness enter those who worship the unmanifest cause, Prakriti. Into a greater darkness, as it were, enter those who delight only in the manifest, the created world.

अन्यदेवाहुः सम्भवादन्यदाहुरसम्भवात् ।
इति शुश्रुम धीराणां ये नस्तद्विचचक्षिरे

anyadevāhuḥ sambhavādanyadāhurasambhavāt |
iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṃ ye nastadvicacakṣire

One result, they say, comes from worship of the manifest; another from worship of the unmanifest. So we have heard from the wise who explained this to us.

सम्भूतिं च विनाशं च यस्तद्वेदोभयँ सह ।
विनाशेन मृत्युं तीर्त्वा सम्भूत्याऽमृतमश्नुते

sambhūtiṃ ca vināśaṃ ca yastadvedobhayam̐ saha |
vināśena mṛtyuṃ tīrtvā sambhūtyā'mṛtamaśnute

He who knows both the manifest and the perishable together crosses death through the perishable and attains immortality through the manifest.

हिरण्मयेन पात्रेण सत्यस्यापिहितं मुखम् ।
तत्त्वं पूषन्नपावृणु सत्यधर्माय दृष्टये

hiraṇmayena pātreṇa satyasyāpihitaṃ mukham |
tattvaṃ pūṣannapāvṛṇu satyadharmāya dṛṣṭaye

The face of Truth is covered by a golden disc. Remove it, O Pushan, nourisher, so that I, who am devoted to Truth, may behold it.

पूषन्नेकर्षे यम सूर्य प्राजापत्य व्यूह रश्मीन् समूह तेजः ।
यत्ते रूपं कल्याणतमं तत्ते पश्यामि योऽसावसौ पुरुषः सोऽहमस्मि

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

O Pushan, lone seer, Yama the controller, Surya, son of Prajapati, spread apart your rays and gather in your blinding light, so that I may see your most blessed form. That Purusha who dwells there, I am He.

वायुरनिलममृतमथेदं भस्मांतँ शरीरम् ।
ॐ क्रतो स्मर कृतँ स्मर क्रतो स्मर कृतँ स्मर

vāyuranilamamṛtamathedaṃ bhasmāṃtam̐ śarīram |
oṃ krato smara kṛtam̐ smara krato smara kṛtam̐ smara

Let my breath now return to the immortal air, and this body end in ashes. Om. O mind, remember, remember what has been done. O mind, remember, remember what has been done.

अग्ने नय सुपथा राये अस्मान् विश्वानि देव वयुनानि विद्वान् ।
युयोध्यस्मज्जुहुराणमेनो भूयिष्ठां ते नमउक्तिं विधेम

agne naya supathā rāye asmān viśvāni deva vayunāni vidvān |
yuyodhyasmajjuhurāṇameno bhūyiṣṭhāṃ te namauktiṃ vidhema

O Agni, lead us by the good path to prosperity, you who know all our deeds, O Deva. Keep from us the crooked sin that leads astray. We offer you our salutations again and again.