Upanishads · Rāma-tāpanī Pūrva 4.42
॥
Devanāgarī
कुरु द्वयं च तत्पार्श्वे लिखेद्बीजान्तरे रमाम् । तत्सर्वं प्रणवाभ्यां च वेष्टयेच्छुद्धबुद्धिमान्
Transliteration (IAST)
kuru dvayaṃ ca tatpārśve likhedbījāntare ramām | tatsarvaṃ praṇavābhyāṃ ca veṣṭayecchuddhabuddhimān
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
कुरु द्वयम् च तत्पार्श्वेkuru dvayam ca tatpārśveand “kuru” twice at its sides; two “accomplish” at the flanks
लिखेत् बीजान्तरे रमाम्likhet bījāntare ramāmlet him write Ramā between the seeds; within the bīja let him inscribe Lakṣmī
तत् सर्वम् प्रणवाभ्याम् चtat sarvam praṇavābhyām caand all this with two praṇavas; and this whole with a pair of Oṁkāras
वेष्टयेत् शुद्धबुद्धिमान्veṣṭayet śuddhabuddhimānlet the pure-minded encircle; let the man of clear mind wrap round
Translation
And twice “accomplish” at the sides; between the seed syllables let him write Ramā the goddess; and all this let the man of pure mind encircle with two praṇavas.
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cb3fd9abfeda · published Jul 29, 2026, 5:15:19 AM UTC
Available inRUENPage between verses with
The writing continues, and in it appears a verb: kuru — “accomplish”.
This is the imperative, inscribed in the diagram twice, on both sides. The yantra, begun as a sentence in the previous verse, receives its predicate: “for so-and-so — such-and-such — accomplish.”
Then into the middle, between the seed syllables, is written ramā — Lakṣmī, and this again is the play of names from the thirteenth verse: He is “the support of Ramā the goddess”, and both names sound alike.
Sītā, then, is inside here too: not beside Him on the diagram, but in the syllable itself.
And the whole is encircled with two praṇavas — Oṁkāras. The syllable Oṁ already stood in the middle by the fortieth verse; now it also closes everything from without. The beginning and the bound of one and the same.
The verse's last words deserve note: śuddha-buddhimān — “the man of pure mind”. Not everyone draws. The sixty-seventh verse will return to this, forbidding to hand this on “to an unenlightened man”.