Upanishads · Gopāla-tāpanī Uttara 106
॥
Devanāgarī
ओं व्यानात्मने (नमः) ।
ओं तत्सद् भूर्भुवः
स्वस्तस्मै वै व्यानात्मने नमो नमः
Transliteration (IAST)
oṁ vyānātmane (namaḥ) |
oṁ tatsad bhūrbhuvaḥ
svastasmai vai vyānātmane namo namaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
ओं व्यानात्मनेoṁ vyānātmaneoṁ, to Him whose essence is vyāna; oṁ, to the soul of the pervading breath
नमःnamaḥobeisance; homage
ओं तत् सत्oṁ tat satoṁ, that is the truth; oṁ, that is the real
भूः भुवः स्वःbhūḥ bhuvaḥ svaḥearth, air, heaven; the three worlds
तस्मै वै व्यानात्मनेtasmai vai vyānātmaneto Him whose essence is vyāna; to that very soul of vyāna
नमः नमःnamaḥ namaḥobeisance and obeisance; homage again and again
Translation
Oṁ, obeisance to Him whose essence is vyāna. Oṁ, that is the truth; earth, air, heaven. To Him whose essence is vyāna, obeisance and obeisance.
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The fifth and last breath: vyāna — "the pervading", spread through the whole body. It is credited with the circulation of the blood and, generally, with everything that happens everywhere at once.
The list of the five breaths is complete, and with it the thought stated in mantra 16 of the first part is completed: the one wind, entering the body, becomes fivefold, as the one Kṛṣṇa shines forth in sound as five words.
Now this thought is not explained but performed: five bows to the five breaths, and between them the names of Kṛṣṇa.
Note that vyāna is named last, though it is spread everywhere. In such lists the last place usually belongs to the all-encompassing one: first the particular forces, then the one that pervades all.
Next the litany will leave the breaths and pass to the names of Gopāla Himself — "in His own form", "the soul of pradhāna", "the soul of the senses" and so on.