Upaniṣads · Gopāla-tāpanī Uttara 9
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Devanāgarī
तुष्टः स त्वाभुक्त्वा हित्वाशिषं प्रयुज्यान्वाज्ञां त्वदात्
Transliteración (IAST)
tuṣṭaḥ sa tvābhuktvā hitvāśiṣaṁ prayujyānvājñāṁ tvadāt
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SánscritoIASTSignificado
तुष्टःtuṣṭaḥpleased; satisfied
सः तु आभुक्त्वाsaḥ tu ābhuktvāhe, having eaten; he, having partaken
हित्वाhitvāhaving left some; having set aside a portion
आशिषम् प्रयुज्यāśiṣam prayujyapronounced a blessing; having spoken a benediction
अन्वाज्ञाम् तु अदात्anvājñām tu adātand gave leave to depart; and dismissed them
Traducción
Having eaten and left some of the meal, he, well pleased, pronounced a blessing over them and gave them leave to depart.
Versión
71236d62c2d1 · publicado 28 jul 2026, 14:30:24 UTC
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He whom tradition knows by his curses here blesses. This is the first of the second part's surprises: near Kṛṣṇa the wrathful sage turns out to be gracious.
The detail "having left some", hitvā, the commentators explain thus: he did not eat everything that was brought — he left some, as honoured remnants are left. In common use such remnants after a holy man are considered a mercy, and the later tradition gives them special weight.
The word āśis means "blessing, benediction": not a reward for the food but a good word spoken over those who fed him.
Anvājñā means "leave to depart": the guest dismisses his guests. Ordinary courtesy, and it is described as circumstantially as the crossing of the river.
This whole episode shows what the Upaniṣad will go on to prove: where Kṛṣṇa acts, the formidable turns benign. In a moment it will appear that the second crossing too is arranged by the same means — a sage's word about himself.