उपनिषद् · Gopāla-tāpanī Uttara 110
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देवनागरी
ओम् योऽसौ भूतात्मा गोपालः
ओम् तत्सद् भूर्भुवः
स्वस्तस्मै वै नमो नमः
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
om yo'sau bhūtātmā gopālaḥ
om tatsad bhūrbhuvaḥ
svastasmai vai namo namaḥ
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
ओं यः असौoṁ yaḥ asauoṁ, He who; oṁ, the one who
भूतात्मा गोपालःbhūtātmā gopālaḥis Gopāla, the soul of the elements; Gopāla, essence of the elements
ओं तत् सत्oṁ tat satoṁ, that is the truth; oṁ, that is the real
भूः भुवः स्वःbhūḥ bhuvaḥ svaḥearth, air, heaven; the three worlds
तस्मै वै नमः नमःtasmai vai namaḥ namaḥto Him obeisance and obeisance; to him precisely homage again and again
अनुवाद
Oṁ, that Gopāla who is the soul of the elements. Oṁ, that is the truth; earth, air, heaven. To Him obeisance and obeisance.
संस्करण
10d88c910802 · प्रकाशित 28 जुल॰ 2026, 2:36:50 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The fourth invocation: He is the soul of the elements, bhūtātmā.
The last three invocations have run through the whole composition of our existence: the primal matter of which everything is made; the senses by which we perceive it; and the elements of which the perceived is composed. And of all of it one soul is named.
The word bhūta means both "element" and "being"; the line is therefore also read: "the soul of all beings". Both readings will be confirmed — in mantra 113 sarva-bhūtātmā will sound outright.
This echoes the end of the second adhyāya of the Śvetāśvatara, where He was bowed to in fire, in the waters, in the herbs and the trees. The difference is that there the places were listed, and here their soul is named.
After the elements the litany will pass to what is above the composition: to "the highest Puruṣa" and "the highest Brahman".