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The Literary Genius of the Upanishads: Isha 3
असुर्या नाम ते लोका
The first pada of shloka 3 of Isha Upanishad begins, perhaps, with a shlesha alankara. Sankara takes it as that belonging to the Asuras. Sri Aurobindo explains it as Sunless. We will see that the second pada supports the latter interpretation. But the third pada gives a poetic allusion to hint the first. This is the genius of the Veda and Upanishads. We can have multiple layers of meaning at the same time
Sri Aurobindo’s explanation is more consistent with the Vedic paradigm of seeing darkness as a symbol of ignorance and tamas. “Sunless are the worlds,” says the first pada. For Sun is the symbol of the highest knowledge and Truth in the Veda. And the Isha Upanishad is an integral part of the Veda.
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