Verse 1
Ishavasya
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
ईशावास्यमिदं सर्वं यत्किञ्च जगत्यां जगत् । तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम् ॥१॥
Padapatha (Word Split)
ईशा । वास्यम् । इदम् । सर्वम् । यत् । किञ्च । जगत्याम् । जगत् । तेन । त्यक्तेन । भुञ्जीथाः । मा । गृधः । कस्य । स्वित् । धनम् ।
IAST Transliteration
īśāvāsyam idaṃ sarvaṃ yat kiñca jagatyāṃ jagat | tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā mā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanam ||1||
Translation
यह समस्त जगत—जो कुछ भी चलायमान है—ईश्वर से व्याप्त है। त्याग-भाव से भोग करो; किसी के धन का लोभ मत करो।
Academic Translation
All this—whatever moves in this moving world—is to be covered (pervaded) by the Lord. By that renounced (or relinquished) [attitude], you should enjoy; do not covet anyone’s wealth.
Verse Context
Brahman/Īśvara-pervasion; tyāga (renunciation) as the basis of right enjoyment; aparigraha (non-possessiveness)Mahavakya: Indirectly supports mahāvākya teaching by grounding non-duality/inner Lord-pervasion that enables recognition of the Self (cf. ‘aham brahmāsmi’/‘tat tvam asi’ as realized through renunciation and knowledge).YajurvedaShukla (Vajasaneyi) Yajurveda; Madhyandina/Kanva recensions (Isha Upanishad appended to Vajasaneyi Samhita) ShakhaChandas: Prose (Yajurvedic mantra style; not a fixed classical chandas)