Upaniṣads · Nṛsiṃha-tāpanī Pūrva 4.48
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ततो देवः प्रीतो भवति स्वात्मानं दर्शयति तस्माद्य एतैर्मन्त्रैर्नित्यं देवं स्तौति स देवं पश्यति सोऽमृतत्वं च गच्छति य एवं वेदेति महोपनिषत्
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tato devaḥ prīto bhavati svātmānaṃ darśayati tasmādya etairmantrairnityaṃ devaṃ stauti sa devaṃ paśyati so'mṛtatvaṃ ca gacchati ya evaṃ vedeti mahopaniṣat
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ततः देवः प्रीतः भवतिtataḥ devaḥ prītaḥ bhavatithen the God becomes pleased; then the deity is made gracious
स्वात्मानम् दर्शयतिsvātmānam darśayatiand shows his own self; and displays himself
तस्मात् यः एतैः मन्त्रैःtasmāt yaḥ etaiḥ mantraiḥtherefore who with these mantras; hence the one who with these incantations
नित्यम् देवम् स्तौतिnityam devam stauticonstantly praises the God; unceasingly lauds the deity
सः देवम् पश्यतिsaḥ devam paśyatihe sees the God; he beholds the deity
सः अमृतत्वम् च गच्छतिsaḥ amṛtatvam ca gacchatiand attains immortality; and comes to deathlessness
यः एवम् वेद इति महोपनिषत्yaḥ evam veda iti mahopaniṣatwho so knows — such is the great upaniṣad; the one who understands this; this is the great secret
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Then the God becomes pleased and shows his own Self. Therefore who with these mantras constantly praises the God, he sees the God and attains immortality. Who so knows — such is the great upaniṣad.
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The last paragraph of the fourth Upaniṣad, and this is the place for whose sake Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa cites the whole book in the Govinda-bhāṣya.
Three things are said in a row, each stronger than the last.
Prīto bhavati — “becomes pleased”. Svātmānaṁ darśayati — “shows his own Self”. Sa devaṁ paśyati — “he sees the God”.
On the last one should pause. Not “comprehends”, not “merges”, not “understands”: sees.
The whole book, looked back on from here, has been moving to this. It told how Prajāpati saw the mantra by austerity; laid it out word by word in riddles; explained each word by hymns; named its power and seed; listed the limbs and cited the Māṇḍūkya entire; and at last gave the thirty-two names.
And it ends with His being seen.
Note also by what this seeing is attained: nityaṁ stauti — “constantly praises”. Not by austerity, not by reasoning, not by renunciation: by doxology, and constant doxology at that.
This is the argument for which the place is cited in the exposition of the Vedānta-sūtra. The Lord opens himself not to the one who has calculated Him, but to the one with whom He is pleased; and He is pleased with the one who praises Him.
The last line of the litany of the Rāma-tāpanī says the same word for word. Two books, one school, one conclusion.