奥义书 · Gopāla-tāpanī Uttara 86
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आद्या विद्या गदा वेद्या सर्वदा मे करे स्थिता
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ādyā vidyā gadā vedyā sarvadā me kare sthitā
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आद्या विद्याādyā vidyāprimal knowledge; the first vidyā
गदा वेद्याgadā vedyāis to be understood as the mace; is to be known as the gadā
सर्वदा मे करे स्थिताsarvadā me kare sthitāalways resting in My hand; constantly found in My palm
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"Primal knowledge is what is to be understood by the mace, always resting in My hand."
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65c82af3bb18 · 发布于 2026年7月28日 14:34:47 UTC
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The mace is knowledge. Of all the adornments it is precisely the weapon that crushes which is called ādyā vidyā, "primal knowledge".
The image is exact: knowledge is more than once called a weapon in the śāstras — "the sharpened axe of vidyā", as the smṛti says. It cuts, rather than adorns.
It matters too that the mace "always rests in My hand", sarvadā: knowledge is not conferred on Him by anyone and is not acquired; it is with Him constantly.
Hence a conclusion for us, drawn by this whole book: knowledge is received from His hand. In the Pūrva-tāpanī He handed Brahmā the mantra; in mantra 23 one is bidden to take refuge in Him as "the illuminer of the soul's understanding"; here knowledge is named what He holds.
The following mantras will finish reading the adornments: the armlets, the necklace, the crown and the earrings.