Īśāvāsyopaniṣat 20
agne naya supathā rāye asmān viśvāni deva vayunāni vidvān। yuyodhyasmajjuhurāṇameno bhūyiṣṭhāṁ te nama uktiṁ vidhema ॥20॥
O Agni, lead us by the good path to prosperity; O divine one, you know all the ways of righteousness. Remove from us the crooked sin. To you we offer our fullest reverent words of praise.
Īśā.Bhāshya 20
'vayunam' - knowledge or understanding; 'juhurāṇam' - harmful forces diminishes us; 'yuyodhi' - disconnect, disjoin or liberate; 'vidhema' - the abundant offering made with devotion and knowledge;
vayunaṁ jñānam।
'Vayunam' means knowledge or understanding:
"tvaddattayā vayunathā idamacaṣṭa viśvam"
"With the understanding (vayunathā) given by You, the universe was perceived."
iti vacanāt।
-thus states the declration.
juhurāṇaṁ asmān alpīkurvat। yuyodhi viyojaya।
The 'juhurāṇam', i.e. harmful forces diminishes us. The word 'yuyodhi' means disconnect, disjoin or liberate.
"yadasmān kurute'tyalpān tadeno'smad viyojaya। naya no mokṣavittāyetyastaud yajñaṁ manuḥ svarāḍ॥"
"That which makes us insignificant, liberate us from that sin. Lead us to the knower of liberation - thus did Manu, the self-sovereign, praise the sacrifice."
iti skānde।
- stated thus in the Skanda Purāṇa.
yuyu viyoga iti dhātuḥ। bhaktijñānābhyāṁ bhūyiṣṭhāṁ te nama ityuktiṁ vidhema॥
The etimological root 'Yuyu' means separation. The word 'vidhema' is an expression to denote the abundant offering made with devotion and knowledge.
pūrṇaśakticidānanda śrītejaḥspaṣṭamūrtaye। mamābhyadhikamitrāya namo nārāyaṇāya te॥
Obeisance to You, O Nārāyaṇa - of full power, consciousness, and bliss, whose manifest form is auspicious radiance - my supreme and most excellent friend.
॥ iti śrīmadānandatīrthabhagavatpādācāryaviracitam īśāvāsyopaniṣadbhāṣyaṁ sampūrṇam ॥
Thus concludes the commentary on the Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad composed by the venerable Ānandatīrtha Bhagavatpāda Āchārya.
