奥义书 · Rāma-tāpanī Pūrva 4.8
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प्रसन्नवदनो जेता घृष्ट्यष्टकविभूषितः । प्रकृत्या परमेश्वर्या जगद्योन्याङ्किताङ्कभृत्
转写 (IAST)
prasannavadano jetā ghṛṣṭyaṣṭakavibhūṣitaḥ | prakṛtyā parameśvaryā jagadyonyāṅkitāṅkabhṛt
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प्रसन्नवदनः जेताprasannavadanaḥ jetābright-faced, the victor; clear of countenance, prevailing
घृष्ट्यष्टकविभूषितःghṛṣṭyaṣṭakavibhūṣitaḥadorned with the eightfold ornament; decked with eight adornments
प्रकृत्या परमेश्वर्याprakṛtyā parameśvaryāwith Prakṛti, the highest sovereign lady; beside nature, the supreme mistress
जगद्योन्या अङ्किताङ्कभृत्jagadyonyā aṅkitāṅkabhṛtthe womb of the world, borne on his knee; the matrix of the universe, upon his knee
译文
Bright-faced, the victor, adorned with the eightfold ornament; and with him Prakṛti — the highest sovereign lady, the womb of the world, whom He bears on his knee.
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c34655ee86e8 · 发布于 2026年7月29日 05:15:19 UTC
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The description continues, but the stress moves from Him to her, and the words are chosen so that one cannot pass them by.
Sītā is named parameśvarī — “the highest sovereign lady”. This is the feminine of parameśvara, “the Highest Lord”. And she is named jagad-yoni — “the womb of the world”, the source of all that is born.
The same pair we read in the Śvetāśvatara, where māyā was named prakṛti and its wielder Maheśvara. Here the feminine principle is not reduced to illusion: she is both sovereign and womb.
And beside stands the word that turns all this over: aṅka — “knee, lap”, in the sense of the place where one seats a child or a beloved. The highest sovereign lady and womb of the world sits on His knee.
This closeness is what the book was written for. The Gopāla-tāpanī did the same, placing the Lord of all under a tree among cowherds. The greatness is named so that it be seen who exactly is so near.
Of Him it is said prasanna-vadana — “with a bright face” — and at once jetā, “the victor”. A victor with no anger on his face; and this again is exact, because the second Upaniṣad has said already that the demons perish from their own exaltation.