Upanishads · Nṛsiṃha-tāpanī Pūrva 4.29
॥
Devanāgarī
ओं यो ह वै नृसिंहो देवो भगवान् याः सप्त महाव्याहृतयः भूर्भुवः स्वस्तस्मै वै नमो नमः
Transliteration (IAST)
oṃ yo ha vai nṛsiṃho devo bhagavān yāḥ sapta mahāvyāhṛtayaḥ bhūrbhuvaḥ svastasmai vai namo namaḥ
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
ओं यः ह वैoṃ yaḥ ha vaiOṁ. He who; Oṁ. The very one who
नृसिंहः देवः सः भगवान्nṛsiṃhaḥ devaḥ saḥ bhagavānis the God Nṛsiṃha — he is the Lord; the god Nṛsiṃha is — he is Bhagavān
याः सप्त महाव्याहृतयःyāḥ sapta mahāvyāhṛtayaḥwhich are the seven great utterances; those that are the seven great vyāhṛtis
भूर्भुवः स्वःbhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥearth, mid-air, heaven; bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ
तस्मै वै नमः नमःtasmai vai namaḥ namaḥto him be bow upon bow; to him worship and worship
Translation
Oṁ. He who is the God Nṛsiṃha — He is the Lord, and He is the seven great utterances. Earth, mid-air, heaven! To him be bow upon bow.
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The fifteenth name is the seven mahāvyāhṛtis, “great utterances”: bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ, mahaḥ, janaḥ, tapaḥ, satyam.
These are the names of the seven worlds, spoken in the rite; the first three of them stand as the refrain in every mantra of this litany.
That is, the doxology names as its subject what it itself pronounces in every line.
Note that these utterances are not held to be mere labels: they are spoken at the libation, and the speaking is thought an act. Name a world — and it is present.
The same power this whole book ascribes to the mantra: its second paragraph says that by the anuṣṭubh all is created and into it all is gathered.
Seven words, then, hold seven worlds, and all of them are He.