Ekakshara Upanishad: Verse 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्राणः प्रसूतिर्भुवनस्य योनिर्व्याप्तं त्वया एकपदेन विश्वम् । त्वं विश्वभूर्योनिपारः स्वगर्भे कुमार एको विशिखः सुधन्वा ॥३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

प्राणः । प्रसूतिः । भुवनस्य । योनिः । व्याप्तम् । त्वया । एक-पदेन । विश्वम् । त्वम् । विश्व-भूः । योनि-पारः । स्व-गर्भे । कुमारः । एकः । विशिखः । सु-धन्वा ।

Recitation with translationEkakshara Upanishad 3

IAST Transliteration

prāṇaḥ prasūtir bhuvanasya yonir vyāptaṃ tvayā ekapadena viśvam | tvaṃ viśvabhūr yonipāraḥ svagarbhe kumāra eko viśikhaḥ sudhanvā ||3||

Translation

तुम प्राण हो, तुम ही सब को पैदा करते हो, तुम दुनिया का गर्भो हो। तुम एक कदम में पूरी दुनिया में फैल गए हो। तुम दुनिया बनाते हो, गर्भ से भी आगे हो। तुम अपने ही गर्भ में एक जवान हो, बिना तीर के धनुष वाले।

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Academic Translation

You are prāṇa, the generation (prasūti), the womb of the world; by you, with a single step, the universe is pervaded. You are the maker of the universe, beyond the womb (source); within your own womb (you are) the one Youth, the arrowless one, the good-bowed (one).

Verse Context

• Brahman as prāṇa (life-principle) and as transcendent cause; immanence and transcendence; self-contained (svagarbha) reality
• Mahavakya: Echoes “ahaṃ brahmāsmi” in the sense that the life-principle (prāṇa) and the all-pervading ground are ultimately one reality; also supports “ayam ātmā brahma” by locating the cosmic prāṇa as the inner Self.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Mixed/irregular (late Upaniṣadic, not strictly Vedic chandas)