ātmānaṁ na vijugupsate (īśa 6)

In the 6th verse of the iśāvāsyopaniṣat,

yastu sarvāṇi bhūtānyātmaṇyevānupaśyati |
sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṁ tato na vijugupsate || īśa 6

In this mantra, the tattvavit is described as a person who sees all beings in the self, and the self in all beings. What is the result of this ? It is – ātmānaṁ na vijugupsate.

There are two different ways to understand this –

1. vidvān kimapi na nindati | svātamo ‘nyasya adarśanāt (maṇiprabhā)
2. ātmānam ātmā na vijugupsate, na guptaṁ karoti, tasya dṛśyo bhavati (prasāda)

The first explanation, in line with bhāṣyakāra and the next verse, says that the vidvān stops blaming any other beings, because he sees as himself in the self. The second explanation on the other hand, takes ātmā itself as the kartā. For such a vidvān, ātmā stops hiding. In other words, it becomes self-evident.