Paingala Upanishad 7: Verse 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्रष्टुकामो जगद्योनिस्तमोगुणमधिष्ठाय सूक्ष्मतन्मात्राणि भूतानि स्थूलीकर्तुं सोऽकामयत। सृष्टेः परिमितानि भूतान्येकैकं द्विधा विधाय पुनश्चतुर्धा कृत्वा स्वस्वेतरद्वितीयांशैः पञ्चधा संयोज्य पञ्चीकृतभूतैरनन्तकोटिब्रह्माण्डानि तत्तदण्डोचितगोलकस्थूलशरीराण्यसृजत्॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

स्रष्टु-कामः । जगत्-योनिः । तमः-गुणम् । अधिष्ठाय । सूक्ष्म-तन्मात्राणि । भूतानि । स्थूली-कर्तुम् । सः । अकामयत । सृष्टेः । परिमितानि । भूतानि । एकैकम् । द्विधा । विधाय । पुनः । चतुर्धा । कृत्वा । स्व-स्व । इतर । द्वितीय-अंशैः । पञ्चधा । संयोज्य । पञ्चीकृत-भूतैः । अनन्त-कोटि-ब्रह्माण्डानि । तत्-तत्-अण्ड-उचित-गोलक-स्थूल-शरीराणि । असृजत् ॥७॥

Sanskrit recitationPaingala Upanishad 7

IAST Transliteration

sraṣṭukāmo jagadyonis tamoguṇam adhiṣṭhāya sūkṣmatanmātrāṇi bhūtāni sthūlīkartuṃ so’kāmayata | sṛṣṭeḥ parimitāni bhūtāny ekaikaṃ dvidhā vidhāya punaś caturdhā kṛtvā svasvetaradvitīyāṃśaiḥ pañcadhā saṃyojya pañcīkṛtabhūtair anantakoṭibrahmāṇḍāni tattadaṇḍocitagolaksthūlaśarīrāṇy asṛjat ||7||

Translation

Désirant créer, la Matrice et Source de l’univers, s’appuyant sur le guṇa de tamas, voulut rendre grossiers les tanmātras subtils. Au moment de la manifestation, Il prit ces éléments déterminés, divisa chacun en deux, puis les fit encore en quatre; ensuite, en combinant au quintuple les secondes portions les unes avec les autres, Il créa—au moyen des éléments ainsi quintuplicés—d’innombrables crores de brahmāṇḍas (œufs cosmiques) et les corps grossiers établis dans les sphères convenant à chaque œuf.

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Academic Translation

Desiring to create, the womb (source) of the universe, resorting to the guṇa of tamas, wished to make the subtle elements (tanmātras) into gross elements. Having taken the limited (i.e., determinate) elements at creation, he divided each one into two, and again made them into four; then, combining them fivefold with the second portions of one another, he created, by means of the quintuplicated elements, innumerable crores of cosmic eggs (brahmāṇḍas) and the gross bodies situated in the spheres appropriate to each egg.

Verse Context

• Sṛṣṭi (cosmogenesis) through Māyā/guṇas; pañcīkaraṇa (quintuplication of elements)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: prepares the adhikāra for mahāvākya inquiry by explaining nāma-rūpa (name-form) superimposition upon Brahman; aligns with the Advaitic reading of 'prajñānaṃ brahma' as the substratum of creation.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose