Sita Upanishad: Verse 35

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इच्छाशक्तिस्त्रिविधा प्रलयावस्थायां विश्रमणार्थं भगवतो दक्षिणवक्षःस्थले श्रीवत्साकृतिर्भूत्वा विश्राम्यतीति सा योगशक्तिः ॥३५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

इच्छा-शक्तिः । त्रि-विधा । प्रलय-अवस्थायाम् । विश्रमण-अर्थम् । भगवतः । दक्षिण-वक्षः-स्थले । श्रीवत्स-आकृतिः । भूत्वा । विश्राम्यति । इति । सा । योग-शक्तिः ।

Recitation with translationSita Upanishad 35

IAST Transliteration

icchāśaktis trividhā pralayāvasthāyāṃ viśramaṇārthaṃ bhagavato dakṣiṇavakṣaḥsthale śrīvatsākṛtir bhūtvā viśrāmyatīti sā yogaśaktiḥ ||35||

Translation

इच्छा शक्ति तीन तरह की होती है। जब सब खत्म हो जाता है, तब यह शक्ति आराम करती है। यह भगवान के सीने के दाएं तरफ श्रीवत्स बनती है। यह वहाँ आराम करती है। इसलिए इसको योग शक्ति कहते हैं।

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Academic Translation

The power of will (icchā-śakti) is threefold. In the state of dissolution, for the sake of repose, it rests on the Lord’s right side of the chest, having become the form of the Śrīvatsa mark; thus it is the yoga-power (yoga-śakti).

Verse Context

• Icchā-śakti (divine will) and pralaya (cosmic dissolution)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: frames the cosmos as dependent on the Lord’s will; no direct Mahāvākya linkage.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (gadya)