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Śrī Īśopaniṣad

The Upaniṣad of the Lord — īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam, "everything is owned by the Lord." 19 mantras with Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and Bhaktivedanta purport.

Invocation
The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him,…
Mantra 1
Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should…
Mantra 2
One may aspire to live for hundreds of years if he continuously goes on working in that way, for that sort of work…
Mantra 3
The killer of the soul, whoever he may be, must enter into the planets known as the worlds of the faithless, full of…
Mantra 4
Although fixed in His abode, the Personality of Godhead is swifter than the mind and can overcome all others…
Mantra 5
The Supreme Lord walks and does not walk. He is far away, but He is very near as well. He is within everything, and…
Mantra 6
He who systematically sees everything in relation to the Supreme Lord, who sees all living entities as His parts and…
Mantra 7
One who always sees all living entities as spiritual sparks, in quality one with the Lord, becomes a true knower of…
Mantra 8
Such a person must factually know the greatest of all, the Personality of Godhead, who is unembodied, omniscient,…
Mantra 9
Those who engage in the culture of nescient activities shall enter into the darkest region of ignorance. Worse still…
Mantra 10
The wise have explained that one result is derived from the culture of knowledge and that a different result is…
Mantra 11
Only one who can learn the process of nescience and that of transcendental knowledge side by side can transcend the…
Mantra 12
Those who are engaged in the worship of demigods enter into the darkest region of ignorance, and still more so do…
Mantra 13
It is said that one result is obtained by worshiping the supreme cause of all causes and that another result is…
Mantra 14
One should know perfectly the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His transcendental name, form, qualities and…
Mantra 15
O my Lord, sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Kindly remove that…
Mantra 16
O my Lord, O primeval philosopher, maintainer of the universe, O regulating principle, destination of the pure…
Mantra 17
Let this temporary body be burnt to ashes, and let the air of life be merged with the totality of air. Now, O my…
Mantra 18
O my Lord, as powerful as fire, O omnipotent one, now I offer You all obeisances, falling on the ground at Your…