Paingala Upanishad: Verse 1.7
स्रष्टुकामो जगद्योनिस्तमोगुणमधिष्ठाय सूक्ष्मतन्मात्राणि भूतानि स्थूलीकर्तुं सोऽकामयत। सृष्टेः परिमितानि भूतान्येकैकं द्विधा विधाय पुनश्चतुर्धा कृत्वा स्वस्वेतरद्वितीयांशैः पञ्चधा संयोज्य पञ्चीकृतभूतैरनन्तकोटिब्रह्माण्डानि तत्तदण्डोचितगोलकस्थूलशरीराण्यसृजत्॥७॥
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॥
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||
जब ब्रह्मा ने दुनिया बनाना चाहा, उन्होंने तमस गुण लिया। वो सूक्ष्म तन्मात्रा को स्थूल बनाना चाहते थे। हर एलिमेंट को पहले दो हिस्सों में बाँटा, फिर चार हिस्सों में। फिर उनको आपस में मिलाया, पाँच हिस्सों में कम्बाइन किया। इससे करोड़ों ब्रह्मांड बने, हर एक का अपना शरीर और अपना स्फीयर।
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.
- सोऽकामयत = सः + अकामयत (विसर्ग-सन्धि: ओऽ)
- भूतान्येकैकम् = भूतानि + एकैकम् (यणादेश/सवर्णदीर्घ-प्रभाव: इ + ए → ये)
- भूतान्यसृजत् etc. similar: भूतानि + ... (इ/अ + अ → या/ऽ not shown in Devanagari consistently)
- तत्तदण्डोचित... = तत् तत् + अण्डोचित... (द्वित्व/समास)
- स्वस्वेतर... = स्वस्व + इतर + द्वितीय + अंशैः (समास-समाहार)
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Sṛṣṭi (cosmogenesis) through Māyā/guṇas; pañcīkaraṇa (quintuplication of elements)
- The mahavakyas
- 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.
- Veda
- Shukla Yajur Veda
- Chandas
- Prose
Yoga and practice
Use as a contemplative reversal (pratiprasava): meditate on the body/world as pañcīkṛta-bhūta composition, then negate (neti neti) to rest in the witness-consciousness; supports bhūta-śuddhi and pañca-kośa viveka practices.
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