Bahvricha Upanishad 4: Verse 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सैव पुरत्रयं शरीरत्रयं व्याप्य बहिरन्तरम् अवभासयन्ती देशकालवस्त्वन्तरसङ्गात् महात्रिपुरसुन्दरी वै प्रत्यक्चितिः ॥४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सा । एव । पुर-त्रयम् । शरीर-त्रयम् । व्याप्य । बहिः-अन्तरम् । अवभासयन्ती । देश-काल-वस्तु-अन्तर-सङ्गात् । महा-त्रिपुर-सुन्दरी । वै । प्रत्यक्-चितिः ॥४॥

Sanskrit recitationBahvricha Upanishad 4

IAST Transliteration

saiva puratrayaṃ śarīratrayaṃ vyāpya bahirantaram avabhāsayantī deśakālavastvantarasaṅgāt mahātripurasundarī vai pratyakcitiḥ ||4||

Translation

Sie selbst, die die drei Städte und die drei Leiber durchdringt, das Äußere und das Innere erleuchtend — durch das Zusammenkommen der Unterscheidungen von Ort, Zeit und Gegenstand — ist wahrlich Mahātripurasundarī, das nach innen gewandte Bewusstsein.

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Academic Translation

She herself, pervading the three cities and the three bodies, illumining the outer and the inner—by the conjunction of distinctions of place, time, and object—(is) indeed Mahātripurasundarī, the inward consciousness.

Verse Context

• Pratyak-caitanya (inner consciousness) as Devī; pervasion of the three bodies/worlds; nondual illumination
• Mahavakya: Strongly aligns with “Prajnānam brahma” (consciousness is Brahman) and supports “Aham brahmāsmi” by identifying the ultimate as pratyakciti (the immediate inner awareness).
• Rig
• Bāṣkala (Bahvṛca/R̥gveda tradition) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose