उपनिषद् · Chāndogya 3,12.6
॥
देवनागरी
तावान् अस्य महिमा ततः ज्यायान् च पुरुषः पादः अस्य सर्वा भूतानि त्रिपात् अस्य अमृतम् दिवि इति
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
tāvān asya mahimā tataḥ jyāyān ca puruṣaḥ pādaḥ asya sarvā bhūtāni tripāt asya amṛtam divi iti
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
तावान्tāvānso great; such
अस्यasyaof this; it
महिमाmahimāgreatness (mahiman); the greatness; glory
ततःtataḥthan this; from that
ज्यायान्jyāyāngreater (jyāyas); more excellent; older
चcaand; as well as
पुरुषःpuruṣaḥman; Puruṣa
पादःpādaḥa foot (pāda — 'a quarter'); one quarter; the foot as a portion
अस्यasyaof this; it
सर्वाsarvāall; the whole
भूतानिbhūtānibeings; the elements
त्रिपात्tripātthree-footed (tri-pād — 'three quarters'); with three feet; three portions
अस्यasyaof this; it
अमृतम्amṛtamimmortal; nectarean
दिविdiviin the sky; when the sky
इतिitithus; how
अनुवाद
"Such is her greatness; but the Puruṣa is greater still: one foot of him is all beings, three feet of him are the immortal in heaven."
संस्करण
8e59b3afae62 · प्रकाशित 26 जुल॰ 2026, 11:02:24 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The verse of the Puruṣa-sūkta is quoted (Ṛg-veda 10.90.3): tāvān asya mahimā tato jyāyāṁś ca pūruṣaḥ — "such is [her, the gāyatrī's] greatness — but the Puruṣa is greater": pādo 'sya sarvā bhūtāni — "one foot of him is all beings": tripād asyāmṛtaṁ divi — "three feet of him are the immortal in heaven"!
A proportion that overturns every cosmology: the whole universe with all its beings is a quarter of the Puruṣa; three quarters are beyond, in the immortal light: the world that is "everything" to us is his lesser share. This verse is the heart of the Vaiṣṇava reading of the Vedas (Gītā 10.42: "with a single fragment of Myself I sustain this universe"): the Lord is not exhausted by the world and immeasurably exceeds it: immanence is a quarter, transcendence three. The gāyatrī-vidyā has reached its limit: beyond the Singing-Guarding one is He whom she sings and by whom she guards.