Upaniṣads · Praśna 2.11
॥
Devanāgarī
व्रात्यस् त्वं प्राणैकऋषिरत्ता विश्वस्य सत्पतिः ।
वयम् आद्यस्य दातारः पिता त्वं मातरिश्व नः
Transliteración (IAST)
vrātyas tvaṃ prāṇaikaṛṣirattā viśvasya satpatiḥ /
vayam ādyasya dātāraḥ pitā tvaṃ mātariśva naḥ
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
व्रात्यः त्वम्vrātyaḥ tvamvrātya (one uninitiated — prior to all rites); unconsecrated [and holy without rank]; a wanderer outside the orders
प्राणprāṇaO prāṇa; O life-force
एकऋषिःekaṛṣiḥthe one seer (eka-ṛṣi — a name of the primal fire-seer); the first seer; the single sage
अत्ताattāthe eater (attṛ, from √ad — 'to eat'); who consumes all; the devourer
विश्वस्यviśvasyaof all; of the universe
सत्पतिःsatpatiḥthe good lord of what is (sat-pati); the master of the existent; the kindly sovereign
वयम्vayamwe; we indeed
आद्यस्यādyasyaof the first; of the primal
दातारःdātāraḥthe givers (dātṛ); those who give; those who bring
पिता त्वम्pitā tvamyou are the father; you are the begetter
मातरिश्वmātariśvaO Mātariśvan ('growing in the mother [space]' — the wind); O universal breath; O lord of the air
नःnaḥour; for us
Traducción
"You, O prāṇa, are the vrātya, [you are] the one seer, the eater of all, the good lord of what is. We are the givers of your food; you, O Mātariśvan, are our father."
Versión
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vrātyas tvam — "you are the vrātya": a riddle of a word: the vrātya is "the unconsecrated", a wanderer outside the ritual orders. No initiation was ever performed for prāṇa — she is prior to all rites; she came into the world before the ceremonies and is holy without consecration: rank is not the source of her dignity but her debtor. And immediately — eka-ṛṣiḥ — "the one seer": a name of the primal fire-seer: uninitiated, and the high priest of everything alive.
attā viśvasya sat-patiḥ — "the eater of all, the good lord of what is": life consumes everything (all that lives, lives by consuming) — and she is also the kindly master of what is consumed: taker and carer in one person. vayam ādyasya dātāraḥ — "we are the givers of [your] food": mortals feed Life with their offerings — pitā tvaṁ mātariśvā naḥ — "and you, Mātariśvan (the wind, 'growing in the mother-space'), are our father".
The hymn's conclusion is in one word — pitā, father: life is neither an element nor a resource but a parent whom the children feed with thanks. And so the whole picture of the world is set right: not "we consume energy" — a father raises us, and our labours are a son's share in the common house. One last note remains — the direct prayer (verses 28–29).