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# Isha Upanishad 9

Īśopaniṣad 9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isa.9)

andhantamaḥ praviśanti ye'vidyāmupāsate  
tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u vidyāyām̐ ratāḥ

> Those who worship avidyā (rites) enter into blinding darkness; but into greater darkness than that enter they who are engaged in vidyā (meditation).  
> — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

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## Translations (4)

- [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isa~en-gambhirananda.9) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English
- [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Vâjasaneyi-saṃhitâ-upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isa~en-muller.9) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English
- [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isa~en-nikhilananda.9) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English
- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isa~en-hume.0.p14) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Īśāvāsyopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isa!sankara.46) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Īśāvāsyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isa!rangaramanuja.9.1.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isa*kanva!padapatha.9) — Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isa!upanisadbrahmayogin.9) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isa!sankaracarya.9) — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit
- [Bhāṣya of Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isa!baladeva-vidyabhusana.9) — Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa 1755, Sanskrit
- [Īśāvāsyopaniṣad C](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isa!isavasyopanisadc) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (7)

- [A History of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v1.c10.s9.11) — Dasgupta 1922, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.6287) — Bloomfield 1906, English
- [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v1.c9.s3.26) — Radhakrishnan 1923, English
- [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s2.26) — Keith 1925, English
- [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.383) — Pande 1957, English
- [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c9.s1.t4.67) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English
- [A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.ranade-1926.c9.s6.9) — Ranade 1926, English

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