Isha Upanishad 12

Īśāvāsyopaniṣadbhāṣya 12

Language: Sanskrit

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kurvann eveha karmāṇi jijīviṣecchataṃ samāḥ |
evaṃ tvayi nānyatheto 'sti na karma lipyate nare ||

So far as the knower of the supreme Self is concerned, the purport of the Vedic text (i.e. of the first verse) is this, that the Self is to be saved through firm devotedness to the knowledge of the Self after the renunciation of the threefold desire for sons etc. As for the other person who is unable to cognise the Self because of his mental preoccupation with the non-Self, the Vedic text (i.e. the second verse) imparts this instruction:
Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

Translations (3)

Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English
Īśāvāsyopaniṣad with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya — M. Hiriyanna 1911, English
The Īśa Upaniṣad and Śrī Śaṅkara's Commentary — S. Sitarama Sastri 1898, English

Commentaries (1)

Ṭippaṇa of Ānandagiri — Ānandagiri, Sanskrit