उपनिषद् Nṛsiṃha-tāpanī Pūrva 2.6

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उपनिषद् · Nṛsiṃha-tāpanī Pūrva 2.6

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तस्य ह वा उग्रं प्रथमं स्थानं जानीयाद्यो जानीते सोऽमृतत्वं च गच्छति वीरं द्वितीयं स्थानं महाविष्णुं तृतीयं स्थानं ज्वलन्तं चतुर्थं स्थानं सर्वतोमुखं पञ्चमं स्थानं नृसिंहं षष्ठं स्थानं भीषणं सप्तमं स्थानं भद्रमष्टमं स्थानं मृत्युमृत्युं नवमं स्थानं नमामि दशमं स्थानममेकादशं स्थानं जानीयाद्यो जानीते सोऽमृतत्वं च गच्छति

लिप्यंतरण (IAST)

tasya ha vā ugraṃ prathamaṃ sthānaṃ jānīyādyo jānīte so'mṛtatvaṃ ca gacchati vīraṃ dvitīyaṃ sthānaṃ mahāviṣṇuṃ tṛtīyaṃ sthānaṃ jvalantaṃ caturthaṃ sthānaṃ sarvatomukhaṃ pañcamaṃ sthānaṃ nṛsiṃhaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ sthānaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ saptamaṃ sthānaṃ bhadramaṣṭamaṃ sthānaṃ mṛtyumṛtyuṃ navamaṃ sthānaṃ namāmi daśamaṃ sthānamamekādaśaṃ sthānaṃ jānīyādyo jānīte so'mṛtatvaṃ ca gacchati

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संस्कृतIASTअर्थ

तस्य उग्रम् प्रथमम् स्थानम्tasya ugram prathamam sthānamof it “ugra” is the first place; in it “ugra” — the first station

वीरम् द्वितीयम् स्थानम्vīram dvitīyam sthānam“vīra” — the second place; “vīra” — the second

महाविष्णुम् तृतीयम् स्थानम्mahāviṣṇum tṛtīyam sthānam“mahāviṣṇu” — the third place; “mahāviṣṇu” — the third

ज्वलन्तम् चतुर्थम् स्थानम्jvalantam caturtham sthānam“jvalanta” — the fourth place; “jvalantam” — the fourth

सर्वतोमुखम् पञ्चमम् स्थानम्sarvatomukham pañcamam sthānam“sarvatomukha” — the fifth place; “sarvatomukham” — the fifth

नृसिंहम् षष्ठम् स्थानम्nṛsiṃham ṣaṣṭham sthānam“nṛsiṃha” — the sixth place; “nṛsiṃham” — the sixth

भीषणम् सप्तमम् स्थानम्bhīṣaṇam saptamam sthānam“bhīṣaṇa” — the seventh place; “bhīṣaṇam” — the seventh

भद्रम् अष्टमम् स्थानम्bhadram aṣṭamam sthānam“bhadra” — the eighth place; “bhadram” — the eighth

मृत्युमृत्युम् नवमम् स्थानम्mṛtyumṛtyum navamam sthānam“mṛtyu-mṛtyu” — the ninth place; “mṛtyumṛtyum” — the ninth

नमामि दशमम् स्थानम्namāmi daśamam sthānam“namāmi” — the tenth place; “namāmi” — the tenth

अहम् एकादशम् स्थानम्aham ekādaśam sthānam“aham” — the eleventh place; “aham” — the eleventh

जानीयात् यः जानीतेjānīyāt yaḥ jānītelet him know; who knows; let him understand; the one who understands

सः अमृतत्वम् गच्छतिsaḥ amṛtatvam gacchatihe attains immortality; he comes to deathlessness

अनुवाद

Of it “ugra” is the first place, “vīra” — the second, “mahāviṣṇu” — the third, “jvalanta” — the fourth, “sarvatomukha” — the fifth, “nṛsiṃha” — the sixth, “bhīṣaṇa” — the seventh, “bhadra” — the eighth, “mṛtyu-mṛtyu” — the ninth, “namāmi” — the tenth, “aham” — the eleventh: so let him know; who knows attains immortality.

भाष्य

The riddle of the first Upaniṣad is here resolved: the mantra is written out entire, word by word, and the words are counted.

Eleven: ugra, vīra, mahāviṣṇu, jvalanta, sarvatomukha, nṛsiṃha, bhīṣaṇa, bhadra, mṛtyu-mṛtyu, namāmi, aham.

Put them together — and there is that very anuṣṭubh: “Ugraṁ vīraṁ mahāviṣṇuṁ jvalantaṁ sarvatomukham, nṛsiṃhaṁ bhīṣaṇaṁ bhadraṁ mṛtyu-mṛtyuṁ namāmy aham.”

The first Upaniṣad hid it and gave it one word from each quarter; the second names everything in order. This order is no carelessness: first the reader is led by riddle, then things are opened to him.

Note the word sthāna — “place, station”. Not “word” and not “part”: place.

This matters for what follows. All the next ten paragraphs will ask: “why is he called so-and-so?” — and each time the answer will be about what He does. The words of the mantra are not names but places where One stands and acts.

And more: the last word of the mantra is aham, “I”. A mantra begun with the word “terrible” ends with the word “I”; and the seventeenth paragraph will explain whose “I” this is.

संस्करण

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