उपनिषद् · Gopāla-tāpanī Uttara 9
॥
देवनागरी
तुष्टः स त्वाभुक्त्वा हित्वाशिषं प्रयुज्यान्वाज्ञां त्वदात्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
tuṣṭaḥ sa tvābhuktvā hitvāśiṣaṁ prayujyānvājñāṁ tvadāt
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
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
अनुवाद
Having eaten and left some of the meal, he, well pleased, pronounced a blessing over them and gave them leave to depart.
संस्करण
71236d62c2d1 · प्रकाशित 28 जुल॰ 2026, 2:30:24 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
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.