Mudgala Upanishad: Verse 1.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मादिति च मन्त्रेण जगत्सृष्टिः समीरिता । वेदाहमिति मन्त्राभ्यां वैभवं कथितं हरेः ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तस्मात् । इति । च । मन्त्रेण । जगत्-सृष्टिः । समीरिता । वेद । अहम् । इति । मन्त्राभ्याम् । वैभवम् । कथितम् । हरेः ॥

Recitation with translationMudgala Upanishad 1.8

IAST Transliteration

tasmād iti ca mantreṇa jagat-sṛṣṭiḥ samīritā | veda aham iti mantrābhyāṃ vaibhavaṃ kathitaṃ hareḥ ||

Translation

'Tasmad' se shuru hone wale mantra se duniya ka banana bataya gaya. Do mantra hain, ek 'veda' se shuru hota hai aur doosra 'aham' se. In dono se Hari ki mahatva ka pata chalta hai.

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Academic Translation

And by the mantra beginning “tasmād…,” the creation of the world is declared; by the two mantras (beginning) “veda” and “aham,” the majesty (vaibhava) of Hari is stated.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
• Form: ablative adverbial form (tasmāt)

• iti: thus/“…”
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (avyaya)
• Form: quotative particle

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (avyaya)
• Form: conjunction

• mantreṇa: by the mantra
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (prātipadika)
• Form: puṃliṅga; tṛtīyā-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam

• jagat-sṛṣṭiḥ: creation of the world
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (prātipadika) + sṛṣṭi (prātipadika)
• Form: strīliṅga; prathamā-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jagataḥ sṛṣṭiḥ)

• samīritā: has been proclaimed
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-īr (dhātu)
• Form: kṛdanta; kta; strīliṅga; prathamā; ekavacanam

• veda: knows
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (dhātu)
• Form: laṭ; prathama-puruṣaḥ; ekavacanam; parasmaipada

• aham: I
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
• Form: prathamā-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam

• iti: thus/“…”
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (avyaya)
• Form: quotative particle

• mantrābhyām: by (the) two mantras
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (prātipadika)
• Form: puṃliṅga; tṛtīyā-vibhaktiḥ; dvivacanam

• vaibhavam: majesty/power
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaibhava (prātipadika)
• Form: napuṃsakaliṅga; dvitīyā-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam

• kathitam: has been told/declared
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (dhātu)
• Form: kṛdanta; kta; napuṃsakaliṅga; prathamā/dvitīyā; ekavacanam; here agrees with vaibhavam (object described): ‘(it is) told’

• hareḥ: of Hari
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (prātipadika)
• Form: puṃliṅga; ṣaṣṭhī-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam

Sandhi Notes

• jagatsṛṣṭiḥ → jagat-sṛṣṭiḥ (tatpuruṣa)
• vedāhamiti → veda + aham + iti (a+a→ā)
• mantrābhyāṃ → mantrābhyām (anusvāra/ṃ optional in IAST)
• hareḥ: gen. sg. of hari

Verse Context

• Jagat-sṛṣṭi (emanation) and īśvara-vaibhava; Brahman/Hari as source and inner ‘I’
• Mahavakya: Indirect—‘aham’ language can be read as pointing toward self-identity teaching (ahaṃ-bodha), but here framed theistically as Hari’s vaibhava rather than an explicit Mahāvākya.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)