उपनिषद् · Rāma-tāpanī Pūrva 4.16
॥
देवनागरी
त्वमैश्वर्यं दापयाथ संप्रत्याश्वरिमारणम् । कुर्विति स्तुत्य देवाद्यास्तेन सार्धं सुखं स्थिताः
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
tvamaiśvaryaṃ dāpayātha saṃpratyāśvarimāraṇam | kurviti stutya devādyāstena sārdhaṃ sukhaṃ sthitāḥ
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
त्वम् ऐश्वर्यम् दापयtvam aiśvaryam dāpayado thou bestow lordship; thou grant the might
अथ संप्रति आश्वरि मारणम्atha saṃprati āśvari māraṇamand now — the slaying of the foe; and at once the enemy's death
कुरु इति स्तुत्य देवाद्याःkuru iti stutya devādyāḥ“do it” — so praising, the gods and the rest; “accomplish it,” so lauding, the celestials
तेन सार्धम् सुखम् स्थिताःtena sārdham sukham sthitāḥwith him together they abode in happiness; they remained beside him in wellbeing
अनुवाद
“Do thou bestow lordship on us, and now accomplish the destruction of the foe,” — so praising, the gods and the rest abode with Him in happiness.
संस्करण
14e38b3d5372 · प्रकाशित 29 जुल॰ 2026, 5:15:19 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The praise is finished, and the verse tells two things more: what else was asked and what came after.
The second petition is aiśvarya, “lordship”. This word stood in the fifth verse of the first Upaniṣad: “lordship — from worshipping Him”. The gods ask precisely what was there named the fruit of worship.
And the third — “the destruction of the foe”. The petition is blunt, and the book does not soften it. The celestials came not for contemplation: their kingdom has been taken, and they want it back.
But the scene's end matters more than the petitions: tena sārdhaṁ sukhaṁ sthitāḥ — “they abode with Him in happiness”. Not “they received what they asked and dispersed”. They stayed with Him.
Here the book speaks its own word. They asked for power and victory; they received presence — and were stilled in it. The same distinction the Gopāla-tāpanī makes, where the mantra grants all that is asked, while bhakti is defined as the mind's striving without hopes of gain.
The next verse will leave the gods and begin the tale of how the asked-for came true: thirteen verses of the Rāmāyaṇa in a row.