उपनिषद् · Rāma-tāpanī Pūrva 4.47
॥
देवनागरी
तद्बहिर्द्वादशदलं विलिखेद्द्वादशाक्षरम् । अथों नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय इत्ययम्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
tadbahirdvādaśadalaṃ vilikheddvādaśākṣaram | athoṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ityayam
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
तद्बहिः द्वादशदलम्tadbahiḥ dvādaśadalamoutside it — the twelve-petalled; beyond it the twelve-leaved
विलिखेत् द्वादशाक्षरम्vilikhet dvādaśākṣaramlet him write the twelve-syllabled; let him inscribe the mantra of twelve syllables
अथ ओम् नमः भगवतेatha om namaḥ bhagavatenamely: “oṁ namo bhagavate”; that is, “oṁ, a bow to the Lord”
वासुदेवाय इति अयम्vāsudevāya iti ayam“vāsudevāya” — this is it; “to Vāsudeva” — such it is
अनुवाद
Outside it — a twelve-petalled lotus, and on it let him write the twelve-syllable mantra: “oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya”.
संस्करण
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The third lotus, and here the book does not encode but speaks the mantra out entire.
“Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya” — “Oṁ, a bow to the Lord Vāsudeva.” Twelve syllables; this mantra is chief in the Vaiṣṇava scriptures, and the Bhāgavata-purāṇa opens with it.
The word bhagavat means “possessing bhaga” — the fullness of endowments: strength, fame, wealth, knowledge, beauty and detachment. Vāsudeva is “the son of Vasudeva”, that is, Kṛṣṇa, and at the same time “he in whom all dwells”.
That this mantra is inscribed in the yantra of Rāma is a direct indication of oneness. Whoever draws the diagram of Rāma writes on it the name of Kṛṣṇa.
Note the order of the lotuses: eight petals with the alphabet, eight with Nārāyaṇa, twelve with Vāsudeva, sixteen — in the next verse. The circles widen, and with them the name widens: from sounds in general to Nārāyaṇa, from Nārāyaṇa to Vāsudeva.
So the diagram answers the question that may arise in the reader: why are there so many books about Rāma and about Kṛṣṇa, and all say one thing? Because the names are many, and the Named is one.