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Isa Upanishad Invocation ‘Om Purnamatha’

  Invocation, Isa Upanishad Isa Upanishad forms the first Chapter of Shukla Yajur Veda and tends to express the Non-dualistic view of the Universe. This contains eighteen slokas, The Upanishad starts with an Invocation to the Reality. The sloka is very famous. “Om Puurnnam-Adah Puurnnam-Idam Puurnnaat-Purnnam-Udacyate Puurnnashya Puurnnam-Aadaaya Puurnnam-Eva-Avashissyate || Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||” Meaning. : Om, That is Full, This also is Full, From Fullness comes…

Isa Upanishad Introduction

There are Four Vedas,

Rik,

Yajur,

Sama and

Atharva.

Rik Veda is the most ancient literature known to Man.

It contains Hymns .

It is called Rik as it is composed in a particular and format. tune,.

Yajur Veda deals with the Duties of Man mainly with Knowledge portion also provided.

There are two kinds in Yajur Veda.

Shukla Yajur and Krishna Yajur.

Shukla Yajur was complied by Sage Yagnyavalkya.

Krishna Yajur and the entire Vedas were complied by Veda Vyasa.

Sama Veda is set to tune.

It is Rik Veda, with minor differences.

While these three Vedas deal with Superior Knowledge,(para), the Atharva handles day to day knowledge like science, technology and the like,warfare, magic.