Upanishads · Gopāla-tāpanī Pūrva 19
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Devanāgarī
सन्ध्यासु प्रतिपत्तिभिरुपचारैस् तेनास्याखिलं भवत्यखिलं भवतीति
Transliteration (IAST)
sandhyāsu pratipattibhirupacārais tenāsyākhilaṁ bhavatyakhilaṁ bhavatīti
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सन्ध्यासुsandhyāsuat the junctures of the day; at the sandhyās — morning, noon and evening
प्रतिपत्तिभिःpratipattibhiḥwith offerings; with the fitting acts
उपचारैःupacāraiḥwith the articles of service; with the upacāras
तेनtenaby that; by this
अस्य अखिलम् भवतिasya akhilam bhavatieverything comes to him; the whole falls to him
अखिलम् भवति इतिakhilam bhavati itieverything comes, thus; the whole falls to him
Translation
At the junctures of the day, with offerings and the articles of service — and by that everything comes to him, everything comes to him.
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The rite is given its time and its matter. The time is sandhyā, "juncture": the twilights of morning, noon and evening, the hours when day meets night. The Veda has long held them best for concentration, and the same are named here.
The matter is upacāra, "articles of service": water for washing the feet, incense, a lamp, flowers, food. In the later tradition the word became technical and denotes the items offered to the Deity in order.
Joined with the previous mantra this gives the whole rule: the diagram, the Lord with His own upon it, offerings three times a day. The Upaniṣad requires nothing beyond this.
And the promise is stated with the same generosity and the same doubling as before: "everything comes to him, everything comes to him". The word akhila, "the whole, without remainder", already stood in mantras 2 and 17: they asked about the knowledge by which everything is known — and by the same word the fruit of service is described.
Note that there is not a word here about merits or rights: only about time, about the articles and about constancy. Next will come verses explaining to whom exactly this service brings fruit.