Upaniṣads · Gopāla-tāpanī Uttara 55
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Devanāgarī
विश्वरूपं परं ज्योतिःस्वरूपं रूपवर्जितं ।
हृदा मां संस्मरन् ब्रह्मन् मत्पदं याति निश्चितं
Transliteración (IAST)
viśvarūpaṁ paraṁ jyotiḥsvarūpaṁ rūpavarjitaṁ |
hṛdā māṁ saṁsmaran brahman matpadaṁ yāti niścitaṁ
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
विश्वरूपम्viśvarūpamof all forms; having the form of the universe
परम् ज्योतिःस्वरूपम्param jyotiḥsvarūpamwhose form is the supreme light; sovereign radiance by nature
रूपवर्जितम्rūpavarjitamfree of material form; rid of shape
हृदा माम् संस्मरन्hṛdā mām saṁsmaranremembering Me with the heart; calling Me to mind with the heart
ब्रह्मन्brahmanO Brahmā; creator
मत्पदम् याति निश्चितम्matpadam yāti niścitamsurely reaches My abode; certainly comes to My place
Traducción
"He who is of all forms, whose form is the supreme light, free of material form — he who remembers Me with the heart, O Brahmā, surely reaches My abode."
Versión
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Three definitions are arranged so that each corrects the one before. Viśva-rūpa — "of all forms": He has every shape. Paraṁ jyotiḥ-svarūpa — "whose form is the supreme light". And rūpa-varjita — "free of form".
The last cannot be read as a denial of form as such: the very same book has just described Him with conch and garland. What is denied is rūpa in the sense of material shape — the kind composed of the elements and subject to wear. Vedānta draws the same distinction in glossing the word arūpavat: He has no form as a separate thing, for the form is Himself.
One means is named: hṛdā saṁsmaran — "remembering with the heart". Not by reason, not by rite, but by the heart; and the word saṁsmaraṇa, "remembrance", links this mantra to mantra 7 of this same part, where a single remembrance turned the river into a ford.
And the promise is given with emphasis: niścitam, "surely", with no reservation or condition.
Note that here the Lord speaks of Himself in the first person: "remembers Me", "My abode". In this part of the book He speaks more and more in His own voice.