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Ishavasya Upanishad 4: Verse 4

अनेजदेकं मनसो जवीयो नैनद्देवा आप्नुवन्पूर्वमर्षत् । तद्धावतोऽन्यानत्येति तिष्ठत्तस्मिन्नपो मातरिश्वा दधाति ॥४॥

अनेजत् । एकम् । मनसः । जवीयः । न । एनत् । देवाः । आप्नुवन् । पूर्वम् । अर्षत् । तत् । धावतः । अन्यान् । अत्येति । तिष्ठत् । तस्मिन् । अपः । मातरिश्वा । दधाति ।

Sanskrit recitationIshavasya Upanishad 4

anejada ekaṃ manaso javīyo nainad devā āpnuvan pūrvam arṣat | tad dhāvato'nyān atyeti tiṣṭhat tasminn apo mātariśvā dadhāti ||4||

ఆ ఏక పరబ్రహ్మ అచలమైనది; అయినా మనస్సుకన్నా వేగవంతమైనది. దేవతలు దానిని అందుకోలేకపోయారు, ఎందుకంటే అది ముందే అగ్రసరమైంది. అది నిలిచియుండి కూడా పరుగెత్తువారిని మించిపోతుంది; అందులోనే మాతరిశ్వ (వాయువు) జలాలను స్థాపిస్తాడు।

The One, unmoving, is swifter than the mind; the gods did not reach It, for It went before. Standing still, It outstrips the others who run; in It Mātariśvan (the wind) places the waters.

Brahman (transcendent-immanent Absolute) and its paradoxical nature beyond motion/restMahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘prajñānaṃ brahma’ (Aitareya) by indicating Brahman as prior to and surpassing mind and deities; also aligns with ‘tat tvam asi’ insofar as the ‘One’ is the innermost reality beyond mental reach.YajurŚukla (Vājasaneyī) Yajurveda; commonly transmitted with the Mādhyandina/Kāṇva recensions of the Vājasaneyī Saṃhitā ShakhaChandas: Prose (Upaniṣadic mantraic prose; not a fixed classical chandas)

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