Upaniṣads · Nṛsiṃha-tāpanī Pūrva 4.4
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Devanāgarī
जागरितस्थानो बहिःप्रज्ञः सप्ताङ्ग एकोनविंशतिमुखः स्थूलभुग्वैश्वानरः प्रथमः पादः
Transliteración (IAST)
jāgaritasthāno bahiḥprajñaḥ saptāṅga ekonaviṃśatimukhaḥ sthūlabhugvaiśvānaraḥ prathamaḥ pādaḥ
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SánscritoIASTSignificado
जागरितस्थानः बहिःप्रज्ञःjāgaritasthānaḥ bahiḥprajñaḥabiding in waking, cognising the outer; stationed in wakefulness, aware of the external
सप्ताङ्गः एकोनविंशतिमुखःsaptāṅgaḥ ekonaviṃśatimukhaḥseven-limbed, nineteen-mouthed; of seven members, of nineteen gates
स्थूलभुक् वैश्वानरःsthūlabhuk vaiśvānaraḥenjoying the gross, Vaiśvānara; eater of the coarse, Vaiśvānara
प्रथमः पादःprathamaḥ pādaḥthe first foot; the first quarter
Traducción
Abiding in waking, cognising the outer, seven-limbed, with nineteen gates, enjoying the gross — Vaiśvānara: this is the first foot.
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The first foot of the Ātman: waking.
The seven limbs are the parts of the cosmic body from the Chāndogya: heaven the head, sun and moon the eyes, the quarters the ears. The waking man is described at the scale of the universe.
The nineteen gates are the five senses of perception, the five of action, the five breaths and the four inner instruments: mind, reason, selfhood and memory.
The name Vaiśvānara means “the man of all men”.
Note the word pāda — “foot, quarter”. It links this chart with what was said in the first Upaniṣad about the four quarters of the chant: there a world, a Veda and a fire were laid on a quarter of the verse; here a state of consciousness is laid on it.
One and the same four runs through the whole book. That is its way of proving.