The theme: the immanence of the Divine in everything, and ultimately the experience of the Divine as the reality of everything. The exposition: how it can help us to live as decent human beings and at peace with ourselves.

Devanagari text, transliteration, word-for-word meanings, and English translation, with notes based on the commentary of Shankara.

Devanagari text, English translation, Sankara's commentary, and explanatory notes.

Devanagari text, word-for-word meanings, English translation, explanatory notes based on commentary of Sankaracarya.

The material presented here are the notes of scriptural classes on Isavasya Upanishad given by Swami Tyagishananda during the period 1946-49. An erudite scholarly monk of the Ramakrishna Order, the swami quotes exhaustively from various related scriptures and commentaries to explore the real meaning of the verses. He goes on to show that the upanishad has for its core, dharma or righteousness in all its dimensions, and presents spiritual solutions to human problems.