Verse 15

Ishavasya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हिरण्मयेन पात्रेण सत्यस्यापिहितं मुखम् । तत्त्वं पूषन्नपावृणु सत्यधर्माय दृष्टये ॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

हिरण्मयेन । पात्रेण । सत्यस्य । अपिहितम् । मुखम् । तत् । त्वम् । पूषन् । अपावृणु । सत्य-धर्माय । दृष्टये ।

IAST Transliteration

hiraṇmayena pātreṇa satyasyāpihitaṃ mukham | tat tvaṃ pūṣann apāvṛṇu satya-dharmāya dṛṣṭaye ||15||

Translation

ಸತ್ಯದ ಮುಖವು ಹಿರಣ್ಮಯ ಪಾತ್ರದಿಂದ ಮುಚ್ಚಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ. ಹೇ ಪೂಷನ್, ಅದನ್ನು ನನ್ನಿಗಾಗಿ ತೆರೆಯು; ಸತ್ಯಧರ್ಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾದ ನಾನು ಆ ಸತ್ಯವನ್ನು ದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡಲೆಂದು.

Academic Translation

By a golden vessel the face of Truth is covered. O Pūṣan, uncover it for me, for one devoted to truth (satya-dharma), to behold (it).

Verse Context

• Māyā/āvaraṇa (veiling); realization of Brahman (satya) beyond luminous appearances; prayer for direct vision (aparokṣānubhūti)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: seeks the direct ‘vision’ that culminates in mahāvākya-realization (identity of Self and Brahman), removing the ‘covering’ of ignorance that obstructs ‘तत् त्वम् असि’/‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyī) Yajurveda; commonly transmitted with the Mādhyandina/Kāṇva recensions Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)