उपनिषद् · Nṛsiṃha-tāpanī Pūrva 4.12
॥
देवनागरी
गायत्री वा इदं सर्वं यदिदं किञ्च तस्माद्य एतां महालक्ष्मीं याजुषीं वेद महतीं श्रियमश्नुते
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
gāyatrī vā idaṃ sarvaṃ yadidaṃ kiñca tasmādya etāṃ mahālakṣmīṃ yājuṣīṃ veda mahatīṃ śriyamaśnute
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
गायत्री वै इदम् सर्वम्gāyatrī vai idam sarvamthe gāyatrī is all this; gāyatrī — this is everything
यत् इदम् किञ्चyat idam kiñcawhatever there is; all that there is at all
तस्मात् यः एताम् महालक्ष्मीम्tasmāt yaḥ etām mahālakṣmīmtherefore who this Mahālakṣmī; hence the one who this Mahālakṣmī
याजुषीम् वेदyājuṣīm vedaof the yajus knows; of the yajus understands
महतीम् श्रियम् अश्नुतेmahatīm śriyam aśnuteobtains great prosperity; gains the great Śrī
अनुवाद
The gāyatrī is all this, whatever there is; therefore who knows this Mahālakṣmī of the yajus obtains great prosperity.
संस्करण
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
A short paragraph, and in it the famous assertion: gāyatrī vā idaṁ sarvam — “the gāyatrī is all this”.
The Chāndogya says the same and explains at length: the gāyatrī is speech, speech is everything, therefore the gāyatrī is everything; and it adds that its fourth foot stands beyond the bound.
Here it is said more briefly and applied to the mantra of Lakṣmī.
Note that the fruit named is earthly: mahatīṁ śriyam aśnute — “obtains great prosperity”.
In this book such promises attend every limb, and I have noted already that it is not ashamed of them. But it is telling that with the Sāvitrī an anointing with prosperity was promised, and with Lakṣmī — prosperity itself.
The correspondence is exact: to the solar mantra — royal dignity; to the goddess's mantra — wealth.
The next paragraph will name the fourth limb, and it will be addressed to Him himself.