The Self — Unmoving Yet Swifter Than the Mind
Isha Upanishad · 1 · Verse 4
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Sanskrit Original
अनेजदेकं मनसो जवीयो नैनद्देवा आप्नुवन् पूर्वमर्षत् । तद्धावतोऽन्यानत्येति तिष्ठत् तस्मिन्नपो मातरिश्वा दधाति ॥ ४ ॥
anejad ekaṃ manaso javīyo nainad devā āpnuvan pūrvam arṣat | tad dhāvato’nyān atyeti tiṣṭhat tasmin napo mātariśvā dadhāti || 4 ||
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Unmoving, It is One — swifter than the mind. The gods could not reach It, for It moves ahead. Standing still, It overtakes those who run. In It, Matarishva (wind/prana) places the waters of life.