Upanishads · Gopāla-tāpanī Pūrva 38
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Devanāgarī
तमेकं गोविन्दं सच्चिदानन्द विग्रहं पञ्चपदं वृन्दावनसुरभूरुहतलासीनं सततं समरुद्गणोऽहं परमया स्तुत्या तोषयामि
Transliteration (IAST)
tamekaṁ govindaṁ saccidānanda vigrahaṁ pañcapadaṁ vṛndāvanasurabhūruhatalāsīnaṁ satataṁ samarudgaṇo'haṁ paramayā stutyā toṣayāmi
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तम् एकम् गोविन्दम्tam ekam govindamHim, the one Govinda; that one Govinda
सच्चिदानन्द विग्रहम्saccidānanda vigrahamwhose form is being, consciousness and bliss; having a body of sac-cid-ānanda
पञ्चपदम्pañcapadamof five words; manifest in five words
वृन्दावनसुरभूरुहतलासीनम्vṛndāvanasurabhūruhatalāsīnamseated beneath the tree of Vṛndāvana; sitting at the foot of the celestial tree in Vṛndāvana
सततम्satatamconstantly; always
समरुद्गणः अहम्samarudgaṇaḥ ahamI, together with the host of Maruts; I with the throng of winds
परमया स्तुत्याparamayā stutyāwith the highest praise; with the finest hymn
तोषयामिtoṣayāmigladden; delight
Translation
Him, the one Govinda, whose form is being, consciousness and bliss, manifest in five words, seated beneath the celestial tree of Vṛndāvana — Him I, together with the host of Maruts, constantly gladden with the highest praise.
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Here stands one of the most quoted expressions of the whole Vaiṣṇava tradition: sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha — "whose form is being, consciousness and bliss". The word vigraha means precisely the body, the shape; it is said, then, that His body is woven not of matter but of being, consciousness and bliss.
Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa cites this line in the Govinda-bhāṣya several times — in showing that the Highest has a form and that this form is Himself. With it too the first verse of the Brahma-saṁhitā begins, where Kṛṣṇa is called "sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha".
Beside it, the place: "seated beneath the celestial tree in Vṛndāvana". Not a throne, not the cosmic waters, but a tree in a wood. The joining of "the one Govinda whose form is sac-cid-ānanda" with "sits beneath a tree" is the whole peculiarity of this book.
And finally the speaker names himself: "I, together with the host of Maruts". Brahmā praises Him not alone but with the Marut-winds; the praise is offered in company.
The verb toṣayāmi — "I gladden, I delight" — stands in the present tense: not "I praised once" but I do it constantly. Twelve verses of that praise now follow.