ISAVASYA UPANISAD īśā vāsyam idaṃ sarvaṃ ¦ yat kiñca jagatyāṃ jagat |tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā ¦ mā gṛdhaḥ kasya sviddhanam || ALL THIS, WHATSOVER MOVES IN THIS UNIVERSE, INCLUDING THE UNIVERSE, ITSELF MOVING, IS INDWELT OR PERVADED OR ENVELOPED OR CLOTHED BY THE LORD. THAT RENOUNCED, THOU SHOULDST ENJOY. COVET NOT ANYBODYS WEALTH This first verse of ISAVASYA UPANISAD has been cited as of particular importance to Vedanta or to Hinduism as a whole. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi thought so highly of it that he remarked, If all the Upanishads and all the other scriptures happened all of a sudden to be reduced to ashes, and if only the first verse in the ISAVASYA UPANISAD were left in the memory of the Hindus, Hinduism would live for ever. Swami Chinmayananda in his commentary states The very first stanza of this matchless Upanishad is in itself a miniature philosophical textbook. Besides being comprehensive in its enunciation of Truth, it provides a vivid exposition of the technique of realising the Truth in a language unparalleled in philosophical beauty and literary perfection. Its mantras are the briefest exposition on philosophy and each one is an exercise in contemplation.
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