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Upanishads · Hayagrīva 1.3
॥
Devanāgarī
उद्गीथ प्रणवोद्गीथ सर्ववागीश्वरेश्वर । सर्ववेदमयाचिन्त्य सर्वं बोधय बोधय स्वाहा स्वाहा नमः
Transliteration (IAST)
udgītha praṇavodgītha sarvavāgīśvareśvara | sarvavedamayācintya sarvaṃ bodhaya bodhaya svāhā svāhā namaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
उद्गीथ प्रणव-उद्गीथudgītha praṇava-udgīthaO udgītha, O praṇava-udgītha
सर्व-वाक्-ईश्वर-ईश्वरsarva-vāk-īśvara-īśvaralord of the lords of all speech
सर्व-वेद-मय अ-चिन्त्यsarva-veda-maya a-cintyaconsisting of all the Vedas, inconceivable
सर्वं बोधय बोधयsarvaṃ bodhaya bodhayateach all, teach
स्वाहा स्वाहा नमःsvāhā svāhā namaḥsvāhā, svāhā, homage
Translation
«O udgītha, O praṇava-udgītha, lord of the lords of all speech, consisting of all the Vedas, inconceivable: teach all, teach! Svāhā, svāhā, homage».
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a22c12968e78 · published Aug 12, 2026, 5:00:00 AM UTC
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Note that the whole mantra stands in the vocative case and ends in the imperative: sarvaṃ bodhaya bodhaya, “teach all, teach.” That is, before us is not a reflection and not a statement, but an address with a plea, repeated twice at that. We have noted, reading many books, that the teaching of complete oneness is never spoken except through address; here the address is the entire form of the speech, and the only one.
Add, too, the verb bodhaya, “teach,” the causative of budh, “to awaken, to know”: literally “make me awaken.” This meaning deserves holding onto, for it differs from “explain.” One explains to someone who is awake and does not understand; one wakes someone who is asleep.
That is, the plea is not for information, but for a change of state; and this is exactly what was discussed reading Varāha (3.11): darkness perishes not from explanation, but from light. Add, too, the word acintya, “inconceivable.” The Vaiṣṇava side makes this the name of its own teaching — acintya-bheda-abheda, discussed reading Prāṇāgnihotra (2.9); and note that it stands beside sarva-veda-maya, “consisting of all the Vedas.”
That is, He is fully expressed in the Vedas, and yet inconceivable; and this combination is no contradiction, but an indication that the word brings one to the threshold, while it is not the word that leads one across it.