उपनिषद् · Gopāla-tāpanī Uttara 14
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देवनागरी
तां हि मुख्यां विधाय पूर्वमनु कृत्वा तूष्णीमासुः
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
tāṁ hi mukhyāṁ vidhāya pūrvamanu kṛtvā tūṣṇīmāsuḥ
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
ताम् हि मुख्याम् विधायtām hi mukhyām vidhāyahaving set her in front; having made her the chief
पूर्वम् अनु कृत्वाpūrvam anu kṛtvāhaving done as was said before; having acted according to what was said earlier
तूष्णीम् आसुःtūṣṇīm āsuḥthey fell silent; they remained without speech
अनुवाद
Having set her in front and done as had been said, they fell silent.
संस्करण
359e85b6eb9c · प्रकाशित 28 जुल॰ 2026, 2:30:24 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The cowherd women set Gāndharvī before them and fall silent. The silence is not confusion but the posture of a listener: the question has been asked, now it is for the speaker.
The word tūṣṇīm, "silently", marks in the Upaniṣads a turning point in a conversation. So Naciketas falls silent before the third boon; so the assembly falls silent when Yājñavalkya has finished. Silence is the sign that enough has been said and an answer is awaited.
"Having set her in front" is a detail of ritual character: before an elder one person speaks for all. So here: the many ask through the mouth of the best.
The phrase pūrvam anu kṛtvā, "having done as was said before", the commentators refer to both words — about Kṛṣṇa and about Durvāsā: they did as they were bidden, and crossed over.
Here the tale of the crossing ends. Next Durvāsā's answer will begin — and from this point the book passes from narrative to teaching, returning to narrative only at the close, with the description of Mathurā and the abode.