उपनिषद् · Nṛsiṃha-tāpanī Pūrva 5.7
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देवनागरी
अरैर्वा एतत्सुबद्धं भवति वेदा वा एते अराः पत्रैर्वा एतत्सर्वतः परिक्रामति छन्दांसि वै पत्राणि
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
arairvā etatsubaddhaṃ bhavati vedā vā ete arāḥ patrairvā etatsarvataḥ parikrāmati chandāṃsi vai patrāṇi
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अरैः वै एतत् सुबद्धम् भवतिaraiḥ vai etat subaddham bhavatiby the spokes this is firmly bound; with the spokes this is fast fixed
वेदाः वै एते अराःvedāḥ vai ete arāḥthese spokes are the Vedas; these spokes are the Vedas
पत्रैः वै एतत् सर्वतः परिक्रामतिpatraiḥ vai etat sarvataḥ parikrāmatiby the petals it goes round everywhere; with the petals it circles everything
छन्दांसि वै पत्राणिchandāṃsi vai patrāṇithe petals are the metres; the leaves are the chandas
अनुवाद
By the spokes this is firmly bound, and these spokes are the Vedas; by the petals it goes round everywhere, and the petals are the metres.
संस्करण
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
A short paragraph explaining what the wheel is made of.
The spokes are the Vedas; the petals are the metres.
The distinction is exact and worth examining. A spoke holds: it goes from the hub to the rim and does not let the wheel fold. A petal is outside; it is open and turned in all directions.
And different verbs are used of them: by the spokes the wheel is subaddham, “firmly bound”; by the petals it sarvataḥ parikrāmati, “goes round everywhere”.
The Vedas, then, hold; the metres move.
Note that both are speech. The wheel is assembled wholly of speech: the hub is a syllable, the spokes are the Vedas, the petals are the metres, the rim is māyā.
Here is the whole diagram of this book. The Rāma-tāpanī built its yantra out of persons — Sītā, Hanumān, the ministers; here the diagram is composed of measures and Vedas.
The next paragraph will inscribe the mantras into it, and it will be the most detailed paragraph of the Upaniṣad.