Upanishads · Tripurātāpinī 55
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Devanāgarī
त्रिपुरसुन्दर्याधिष्ठितं भवति । सर्वाकर्षिणीमुद्रया जुष्टं भवति । तुरीयं सर्वसौभाग्यदायकं चक्रं भवति । ससर्वसंक्षोभिण्यादिद्विसप्तकं भवति । ससंप्रदायं भवति । त्रिपुरवासिन्याधिष्ठितं भवति
Transliteration (IAST)
tripurasundaryādhiṣṭhitaṃ bhavati | sarvākarṣiṇīmudrayā juṣṭaṃ bhavati | turīyaṃ sarvasaubhāgyadāyakaṃ cakraṃ bhavati | sasarvasaṃkṣobhiṇyādidvisaptakaṃ bhavati | sasaṃpradāyaṃ bhavati | tripuravāsinyādhiṣṭhitaṃ bhavati
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
त्रिपुर-सुन्दर्या अधिष्ठितंtripura-sundaryā adhiṣṭhitaṃpresided over by Tripurasundarī
तुरीयं सर्व-सौभाग्य-दायकंturīyaṃ sarva-saubhāgya-dāyakaṃthe fourth — «giving all good fortune»
स-सर्व-संक्षोभिणी-आदि-द्वि-सप्तकंsa-sarva-saṃkṣobhiṇī-ādi-dvi-saptakaṃwith the fourteen, Sarvasaṃkṣobhiṇī and the rest
स-संप्रदायं भवतिsa-saṃpradāyaṃ bhavatiit becomes with tradition
त्रिपुर-वासिन्या अधिष्ठितंtripura-vāsinyā adhiṣṭhitaṃpresided over by Tripuravāsinī
Translation
«Presided over by Tripurasundarī… The fourth — the cakra that gives all good fortune; with the fourteen, Sarvasaṃkṣobhiṇī and the rest; with tradition; presided over by Tripuravāsinī».
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The fourth circle, and in it the word sampradāya, «tradition», deserves notice. The circles are graded by degree of concealment — manifest, hidden, more hidden — and the fourth is called «that which is transmitted». The first is accessible to all, the second and third are hidden, and the fourth is neither hidden nor open, but transmitted: this is a third category, and it is the chief one.
The distinction here is subtle but essential. The secret is what is hidden from you; the transmitted is what will be given to you when you are ready. The difference is not in accessibility, but in whether there is someone to give it — and so what is transmitted is guarded not by a lock, but by a person.
The same word names the Vaishnava tradition too: the four sampradāya, discussed when reading the twenty-fourth line. It literally means «complete transmission» — not what is concealed, but what is handed from hand to hand. The circle's name — «giving all good fortune» — stands beside the word «tradition» not by accident. Good fortune here is not wealth: saubhāgya is the same word as subhaga from the forty-first line, «a good portion»; and it is received, like everything in this series, from someone's hands.