Verse 3

Tripura

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एका सा आसीत् प्रथमा सा नवासीदासो नवविंशादासो नत्रिंशत् । चत्वारिंशादथ तिस्रः समिधा उशतीरिव मातरो मा विशन्तु ॥३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एकाः । सा । आसीत् । प्रथमा । सा । नव । आसीत् । आसः । नव-विंशात् । आसः । न-त्रिंशत् । चत्वारिंशात् । अथ । तिस्रः । समिधाः । उशतीः-इव । मातरः । मा । विशन्तु ॥३॥

IAST Transliteration

ekā sā āsīt prathamā sā nava āsīd āso navaviṃśād āso natriṃśat | catvāriṃśād atha tisraḥ samidhā uśatīr iva mātaro mā viśantu ||3||

Translation

كانت واحدةً في البدء؛ ثم صارت تسعًا؛ ومن التسع صارت تسعَ عشرة؛ ومن التسعَ عشرة صارت ثلاثين؛ ومن الثلاثين صارت أربعين. ثم فلتدخلْ فيَّ عيدانُ الإيقادِ الثلاث، كأمهاتٍ مشتاقاتٍ، إلى باطني.

Academic Translation

She was one at first; she became nine; from nine she became nineteen; from nineteen she became thirty; from thirty she became forty. Then may the three kindling-sticks, like desiring mothers, enter into me.

Verse Context

• Emanation and re-integration of Śakti (Māyā) into nondual Brahman; transformation from One to many as pedagogical cosmology
• Mahavakya: Indirect; the unfolding from One to many is ultimately sublated by the mahāvākya insight (e.g., ‘ayam ātmā brahma’) that the One Self alone is real and the many are dependent manifestations.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Mixed/irregular (Upaniṣadic mantra style; not securely classifiable)