Upanishads · Gopāla-tāpanī Uttara 113
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Devanāgarī
ओम् योऽसौ सर्वभूतात्मा गोपाल
ओम् तत्सद् भूर्भुवः
स्वस्तस्मै वै नमो नमः
Transliteration (IAST)
om yo'sau sarvabhūtātmā gopāla
om tatsad bhūrbhuvaḥ
svastasmai vai namo namaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
ओं यः असौoṁ yaḥ asauoṁ, He who; oṁ, the one who
सर्वभूतात्मा गोपालःsarvabhūtātmā gopālaḥis Gopāla, the soul of all beings; Gopāla, essence of every creature
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 नमः नमःtasmai vai namaḥ namaḥto Him obeisance and obeisance; to him precisely homage again and again
Translation
Oṁ, that Gopāla who is the soul of all beings. Oṁ, that is the truth; earth, air, heaven. To Him obeisance and obeisance.
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The seventh invocation: He is the soul of all beings, sarva-bhūtātmā.
This is the name of the Inner Ruler, known from the Bṛhadāraṇyaka and the Śvetāśvatara, where it is said: "one God, hidden in all beings, all-pervading, the inner soul of all beings". Two mantras from now this very line will sound in the book whole.
After the invocations of the highest Puruṣa and the highest Brahman, what is nearest is named: the soul of each. The order is the reverse of the ascent — from the summit to the heart.
The sense of this order is clear: the height the book speaks of does not remove Him. He who is above all persons is the soul in every being, including the one who utters the obeisance.
The last invocation will call Him beyond waking, dream and deep sleep — and thereby close the list.