Sita Upanishad: Verse 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श्रीरामसान्निध्यवशाज्जगदानन्दकारिणी ।

उत्पत्तिस्थितिसंहारकारिणी सर्वदेहिनाम् ।

सीता भगवती ज्ञेया मूलप्रकृतिसंज्ञिता ।

प्रणवत्वात्प्रकृतिरिति वदन्ति ब्रह्मवादिन इति ।

अथातो ब्रह्मजिज्ञासेति च ॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

श्री-राम-सान्निध्य-वशात् । जगत्-आनन्द-कारिणी ।

उत्पत्ति-स्थिति-संहार-कारिणी । सर्व-देहिनाम् ।

सीता । भगवती । ज्ञेया । मूल-प्रकृति-संज्ञिता ।

प्रणवत्वात् । प्रकृतिः इति । वदन्ति । ब्रह्म-वादिनः । इति ।

अथ । अतः । ब्रह्म-जिज्ञासा । इति । च ।

Recitation with translationSita Upanishad 7

IAST Transliteration

śrīrāmasānnidhyavaśāj jagadānandakāriṇī |

utpattisthitisaṃhārakāriṇī sarvadehinām |

sītā bhagavatī jñeyā mūlaprakṛtisaṃjñitā |

praṇavatvāt prakṛtir iti vadanti brahmavādina iti |

atha ato brahmajijñāseti ca ||7||

Translation

जब सीता राम के पास होती हैं, दुनिया खुश हो जाती है। वो सब जीवों को पैदा करती हैं, संभालती हैं, और अंत में समाप्त करती हैं। सीता भगवती हैं, उन्हे सबसे पहली प्रकृति कहते हैं। ओम से बनी हैं इसलिए ब्रह्म-जानने वाले उन्हे प्रकृति कहते हैं। अब ब्रह्मन के बारे में समझना है।

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Academic Translation

By the power of Śrī Rāma’s proximity, she is the cause of the world’s bliss. She is the agent of creation, maintenance, and dissolution for all embodied beings. Sītā is to be known as the Blessed Goddess, designated as the root Prakṛti. Because she is of the nature of the praṇava (Oṃ), the knowers of Brahman say, “She is Prakṛti.” And (thus) also: “Now, therefore, the inquiry into Brahman.”

Verse Context

• Māyā/Prakṛti (Śakti) as the cosmic power associated with Brahman; Brahma-jijñāsā
• Mahavakya: Indirect: supports the inquiry into Brahman (brahmajijñāsā) by identifying the cosmic principle (Prakṛti/Śakti) as grounded in praṇava; can be read as preparatory to realizing identity-statements like ‘ayam ātmā brahma’.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose / mixed (later Upaniṣadic style; not strictly Vedic metrical chandas)