Upanishads · Tripurātāpinī 5
॥
Devanāgarī
तत्र लोका वेदाः शास्त्राणि पुराणानि धर्माणि वै चिकित्सितानि ज्योतींषि शिवशक्तियोगादित्येवं घटना व्यापठ्यते । अथैतस्य परं गह्वरं व्याख्यास्यामो महामनुसमुद्भवं तदिति । ब्रह्म शाश्वतम्
Transliteration (IAST)
tatra lokā vedāḥ śāstrāṇi purāṇāni dharmāṇi vai cikitsitāni jyotīṃṣi śivaśaktiyogādityevaṃ ghaṭanā vyāpaṭhyate | athaitasya paraṃ gahvaraṃ vyākhyāsyāmo mahāmanusamudbhavaṃ taditi | brahma śāśvatam
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SanskritIASTMeaning
तत्र लोकाः वेदाः शास्त्राणिtatra lokāḥ vedāḥ śāstrāṇithere the worlds, Vedas, śāstras
शिव-शक्ति-योगात् इतिśiva-śakti-yogāt itifrom the union of Śiva and Śakti
अथ एतस्य परं गह्वरंatha etasya paraṃ gahvaraṃnow his highest cave
व्याख्यास्यामःvyākhyāsyāmaḥwe shall explain
ब्रह्म शाश्वतम्brahma śāśvatamBrahman is eternal
Translation
«There the worlds, Vedas, śāstras, purāṇas, dharmas, medicines, luminaries — from the union of Śiva and Śakti: thus [everything] is composed — so it is read. Now we shall explain his highest cave, arisen from the great mantra: Brahman is eternal».
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The foundation of everything listed is named: śiva-śakti-yogāt, «from the union of Śiva and Śakti». The word yoga stands here in its plain sense — «union, conjunction»: not from Śiva, not from Śakti, but from their conjunction. The whole Sāvitrī-upaniṣad (Muktikā 75) said the same thing through nine pairs: the world is arranged in couples.
This position is accepted entirely; only the names differ. The world comes not from Him alone and not from power alone, but from their conjunction; hence in Vaishnava theology one does not say «Kṛṣṇa» without «Rādhā» where the talk turns to creation and to divine play. The second word worth attention is gahvara, «cave, depth, hidden place»: this is what is about to be explained. An honest word: it says the subject is dark, not that it is clear.
In the very list stand side by side dharma and cikitsita, «medicine» — that is, among what proceeds from the union is counted medicine too. This is not a trifle: here the sacred is not separated from the useful, and healing stands in the same row as the luminaries and the law.