Upanishads · Gopāla-tāpanī Pūrva 51
॥
Devanāgarī
अथ हैवं स्तुतिभिराराधयामि यथा यूयं तथा पञ्चपादं जपन्तः
कृष्णं ध्यायन्तः संसृतिं तरिष्यथेति होवाच हैरण्यः
Transliteration (IAST)
atha haivaṁ stutibhirārādhayāmi yathā yūyaṁ tathā pañcapādaṁ japantaḥ
kṛṣṇaṁ dhyāyantaḥ saṁsṛtiṁ tariṣyatheti hovāca hairaṇyaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अथ ह एवम्atha ha evamand thus; so, in this manner
स्तुतिभिः आराधयामिstutibhiḥ ārādhayāmiI worship with hymns; I serve with praises
यथा यूयम् तथाyathā yūyam tathāas I, so you; like me, you also
पञ्चपादम् जपन्तःpañcapādam japantaḥmurmuring the five-worded; repeating the mantra of five words
कृष्णम् ध्यायन्तःkṛṣṇam dhyāyantaḥcontemplating Kṛṣṇa; calling Kṛṣṇa to mind
संसृतिम् तरिष्यथsaṁsṛtim tariṣyathayou will cross over the round; you will pass beyond saṁsāra
इति ह उवाच हैरण्यःiti ha uvāca hairaṇyaḥso said the Golden-born; thus spoke Hiraṇyagarbha
Translation
"And so I worship Him with hymns; and you likewise, murmuring the five-worded mantra and contemplating Kṛṣṇa, will cross over the round" — so said the Golden-born.
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Brahmā closes his account and turns it toward his hearers: "as I, so you". Everything that has been said is not a report of the creator's doings but a pattern to be followed.
Two means are named, and both are already known: the japa of the mantra and contemplation. No vows and no special conditions are added; what stood in mantras 12 and 24 is repeated.
The verb tariṣyatha — "you will cross over" — brings back the image of the river and the crossing, familiar from other Upaniṣads: the Śvetāśvatara speaks of the "boat of Brahman" in which one crosses the fearful currents. Here the boat is the name.
Note too that Brahmā places himself in the same rank as the pupils: "I worship... and you likewise". He who has told of the Lord's appearance and of the receiving of the mantra does not declare himself its owner but shows his own practice.
Three mantras remain: one on the fruit for the one who repeats, one a Vedic testimony to His unattainability by the gods, and the last the conclusion of the whole Pūrva-tāpanī.