उपनिषद् · Rāma-tāpanī Uttara 2.11
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देवनागरी
स्वप्नस्थानोऽन्तःप्रज्ञः सप्ताङ्ग एकोनविंशतिमुखः प्रविविक्तभुक् तैजसो द्वितीयः पादः
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
svapnasthāno'ntaḥprajñaḥ saptāṅga ekonaviṃśatimukhaḥ praviviktabhuk taijaso dvitīyaḥ pādaḥ
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
स्वप्नस्थानः अन्तःप्रज्ञःsvapnasthānaḥ antaḥprajñaḥabiding in dream, cognising the inner; stationed in dreaming, aware of the internal
सप्ताङ्गः एकोनविंशतिमुखःsaptāṅgaḥ ekonaviṃśatimukhaḥseven-limbed, nineteen-mouthed; of seven members, of nineteen gates
प्रविविक्तभुक् तैजसःpraviviktabhuk taijasaḥenjoying the subtle, Taijasa; eater of the refined, Taijasa
द्वितीयः पादःdvitīyaḥ pādaḥthe second foot; the second quarter
अनुवाद
Abiding in dream, cognising the inner, seven-limbed, with nineteen gates, enjoying the subtle — Taijasa: this is the second foot.
संस्करण
32e08d7f00dd · प्रकाशित 29 जुल॰ 2026, 5:15:19 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The second foot: sleep with dreams.
The description is almost the same as the first's, and deliberately so: the same seven limbs, the same nineteen gates. The difference is in two words.
Instead of bahiḥ-prajña — “cognising the outer” — it says antaḥ-prajña, “cognising the inner”. And instead of sthūla-bhuk — “enjoying the gross” — pravivikta-bhuk, “enjoying the separated, the refined”.
That is, the instruments are the same and work the same; only that from which they take their stuff has changed. Awake — from the world; in dream — from memory.
The foot's name is Taijasa, “the luminous”, from tejas, “light, heat”. It is so named because in dream a man shines for himself: there is no sun there, yet one sees.
This argument is adduced constantly in the Upaniṣads and serves the proof toward which the whole Māṇḍūkya moves: if a man can see without light, the light in him is his own.
By the chart of the fifth paragraph this foot is Śatrughna, and there he is outright named taijasātmaka.