14th Manthram:
sambhu:thincha vina:samcha
yasthadve:dobhayagam saha |
vina:se:na mruthyum thi:rthwa
sambhu:thya:mruthamasnu:the: ||
This manthram explains how moksha is to be attained. In the preceding manthras, it has been made clear that karma should be combined with vidya and both of them should lead to bhakthi and bhakthi to upa:sana. Thus, it is established that detached karma is the 'anga' and prayer to God is 'angi'. Likewise, shunning this physical body is an instrument ('or anga') and reaching God is the goal. This is what man ought to aspire for and not mere shunning of the physical or biological body. It should be remembered that a person who gets rid of his body for mere shunning it without any purpose, will become a ghostly spirit and will be hanging around in vast darkness forever. Similarly, a person who leaves this body to reach God without attaining divine maturity to step into Gods presence will be reborn again in a baser form and sinks forever into endless darkness. Therefore, if one wants to shun 'this' or wants to attain 'that' both lead one to 'naraka' or hell. Thus, the term 'asambhuthi' refers to the 'anga' namely shunning the body and 'sambhuthi' refers to the angi, namely attaining God. Being anga and angi are the two inseparable sides of the same coin. One who realizes this truth is released from 'mruthyu' or the association with the 'samsara' and he traverses or crosses the ocean of 'samsa:ra'. This is made possible by God's mercy alone. Such a person will definitely attain the amrutha or eternity of divine presence.
Thus, so far we have learnt from the preceding 14 manthras of the Isavasyopanishad, the nature and form and 'paramathma', that He pervades the whole universe, that fills Himself in every atom. That to reach the 'paramathma', man ought to perform karma with knowledge, that bhakthi is the result that follows, and that through this bhakthi, man (or ji:va:thma) can presence of the 'paramathma'.