Upanishads · Tripurātāpinī 98
॥
Devanāgarī
तान्भगवानब्रवीदेतैर्मन्त्रैर्नित्यं देवीं यः स्तौति स सर्वं पश्यति । सोऽमृतत्वं च गच्छति । य एवं वेदेत्युपनिषत् ॥ इति तुरीयोपनिषत् ॥ 4॥ देवा ह वै भगवन्तमब्रुवन्स्वामिन्नः कथितं स्फुटं
Transliteration (IAST)
tānbhagavānabravīdetairmantrairnityaṃ devīṃ yaḥ stauti sa sarvaṃ paśyati | so'mṛtatvaṃ ca gacchati | ya evaṃ vedetyupaniṣat || iti turīyopaniṣat || 4|| devā ha vai bhagavantamabruvansvāminnaḥ kathitaṃ sphuṭaṃ
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SanskritIASTMeaning
एतैः मन्त्रैः नित्यंetaiḥ mantraiḥ nityaṃwith these mantras, always
देवीं यः स्तौतिdevīṃ yaḥ stautiwho praises the Goddess
सः सर्वं पश्यतिsaḥ sarvaṃ paśyatihe sees everything
सः अ-मृत-त्वं च गच्छतिsaḥ a-mṛta-tvaṃ ca gacchatiand he attains immortality
इति तुरीया उपनिषत्iti turīyā upaniṣatsuch is the fourth upaniṣad
स्वामिन् नः कथितं स्फुटम्svāmin naḥ kathitaṃ sphuṭammaster, it has been told to us plainly
Translation
«Said the Lord to them: with these mantras, whoever always praises the Goddess, he sees everything; and he attains immortality», — who knows thus: [such is] the upaniṣad. Such is the fourth upaniṣad. — The gods said to the Lord: master, it has been told to us plainly…»
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The fourth part is closed, and at once, without pause, the gods speak again. The word with which they begin deserves notice: sphuṭam, «plainly, distinctly». They give thanks for the clarity — and immediately ask for something else. What exactly, the next line will say; but the very construction of this scene is excellent and deserves attention.
Everything has been set forth — mantras, diagram, seals, rites, four parts — and the listeners, having given thanks, say this is not enough. Not because it was set forth poorly; on the contrary, it was set forth sphuṭam, distinctly. But because a distinct exposition of things does not answer the question of what lies behind them.
This situation is familiar to anyone who has studied something thoroughly. The clearer the structure of a subject becomes, the more insistent grows a question that was not thought of at the start; and this question is usually shorter than everything said before it. This is exactly what makes this book good — that it allows such a question and poses it itself, through the mouths of the listeners. A composition satisfied with itself would have ended at the fourth part; but this one goes further — and its last twenty lines will be unlike everything preceding them.