Upanishads · Gopāla-tāpanī Uttara 92
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Devanāgarī
एतत्सर्वं भविष्यद् वै मया प्रोक्तं विधे तव ।
स्वरूपं द्विविधं चैव सगुणं निर्गुणात्मकं
Transliteration (IAST)
etatsarvaṁ bhaviṣyad vai mayā proktaṁ vidhe tava |
svarūpaṁ dvividhaṁ caiva saguṇaṁ nirguṇātmakaṁ
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SanskritIASTMeaning
एतत् सर्वम् भविष्यत् वैetat sarvam bhaviṣyat vaiall this that is to be; all this future
मया प्रोक्तम् विधे तवmayā proktam vidhe tavahas been declared by Me to thee, O Ordainer; has been told by Me to thee, Creator
स्वरूपम् द्विविधम् च एवsvarūpam dvividham ca evaand My own nature is twofold; and My own form is of two kinds
सगुणम् निर्गुणात्मकम्saguṇam nirguṇātmakamwith qualities and without qualities; saguṇa and nirguṇa
Translation
"All this that is to be has been declared by Me to thee, O Ordainer; and My own nature is twofold: with qualities and without qualities."
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Nārāyaṇa's speech comes to its close: it says "all this that is to be" has been told, that is, what will be manifest in Mathurā and Vraja.
And a definition is given that will become, in Vedānta, the subject of long dispute: "My own nature is twofold — saguṇa and nirguṇa", with qualities and without.
This must be read remembering what has already been said in this book and in the Śvetāśvatara. Nirguṇa means freedom from the guṇas of nature — from sattva, rajas and tamas; saguṇa means the possession of one's own, undecaying perfections. Hence mantra 88, where the neck is called qualityless and the garland upon it is prakṛti itself.
So what is meant is not two Gods and not two levels, one higher than the other, but one, taken from two sides: not tinged by matter — and full of excellences.
This is the answer to Brahmā's question of mantra 64, with which this whole examination began.