Paingala Upanishad 3: Verse 3
तस्मिन् मरुशुक्तिकास्थाणुस्फटिकादौ जलरौप्यपुरुषरेखादिवल्लोहितशुक्लकृष्णगुणमयी गुणसाम्यानिर्वाच्या मूलप्रकृतिरासीत् । तत्प्रतिबिम्बितं यत्तत्साक्षिचैतन्यमासीत् ॥३॥
तस्मिन् । मरु-शुक्तिका-स्थाणु-स्फटिक-आदौ । जल-रौप्य-पुरुष-रेखा-आदि-वत् । लोहित-शुक्ल-कृष्ण-गुण-मयी । गुण-साम्य-अनिर्वाच्या । मूल-प्रकृतिः । आसीत् । तत्-प्रतिबिम्बितम् । यत् । तत् । साक्षि-चैतन्यम् । आसीत् ।
tasmin maru-śuktikā-sthāṇu-sphaṭikādau jala-raupya-puruṣa-rekhādival lohita-śukla-kṛṣṇa-guṇamayī guṇa-sāmya-anirvāc yā mūla-prakṛtir āsīt | tat-pratibimbitaṃ yat tat sākṣi-caitanyam āsīt ||3||
उस ब्रह्मा में एक प्रकृति थी। उसमें तीन गुण थे, लाल, सफेद और काला। वो गुण एक लेवल पे थे, कोई बड़ा नहीं था। जैसे शीशे में चीज़ें दिखती हैं, वैसे उसमें भी एक चमक थी। यह चमक देखने वाली चेतना थी।
In that (Brahman), as in a mirage, a mother-of-pearl, a post, a crystal, and so on—like water, silver, a human figure, a line, and the like—there was the root Nature (mūla-prakṛti), consisting of the qualities red, white, and black, indescribable due to the equilibrium of the guṇas. That which is reflected in it was the witnessing consciousness (sākṣī-caitanya).
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