उपनिषद् · Nṛsiṃha-tāpanī Pūrva 4.40
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देवनागरी
ओं यो ह वै नृसिंहो देवो भगवान् यश्चान्तकः भूर्भुवः स्वस्तस्मै वै नमो नमः
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
oṃ yo ha vai nṛsiṃho devo bhagavān yaścāntakaḥ bhūrbhuvaḥ svastasmai vai namo namaḥ
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
ओं यः ह वैoṃ yaḥ ha vaiOṁ. He who; Oṁ. The very one who
नृसिंहः देवः सः भगवान्nṛsiṃhaḥ devaḥ saḥ bhagavānis the God Nṛsiṃha — he is the Lord; the god Nṛsiṃha is — he is Bhagavān
यः च अन्तकःyaḥ ca antakaḥand who is the Ender; and the one who is Antaka
भूर्भुवः स्वःbhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥearth, mid-air, heaven; bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ
तस्मै वै नमः नमःtasmai vai namaḥ namaḥto him be bow upon bow; to him worship and worship
अनुवाद
Oṁ. He who is the God Nṛsiṃha — He is the Lord, and He is the Ender. Earth, mid-air, heaven! To him be bow upon bow.
संस्करण
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The twenty-sixth name is antaka, “the one who ends, who brings to a close”.
This name too is applied to Yama, but it means something else. Yama judges; Antaka ends. The first is of justice, the second of the very act of the limit.
Three names in a row on one subject: death, Yama, the Ender. The book is in no hurry to leave this matter.
Note why a doxology needs such a name.
Because everything has an end, and man knows this better than anything else. The thought that all will end can be borne, if one knows whose work it is. What is unbearable is the other thing: that things end of themselves, with no face at all.
The book therefore names the Ender by name.