Sita Upanishad 9 - Verse 9

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Sita Upanishad: Verse 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श्रीरामसान्निध्यवशाज्जगदानन्दकारिणी ।

उत्पत्तिस्थितिसंहारकारिणी सर्वदेहिनाम् ।

सीता भगवती ज्ञेया मूलप्रकृतिसंज्ञिता ।

प्रणवत्वात्प्रकृतिरिति वदन्ति ब्रह्मवादिन इति ।

अथातो ब्रह्मजिज्ञासेति च ॥९॥

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 9

IAST Transliteration

śrīrāmasānnidhyavaśāj jagadānandakāriṇī |

utpattisthitisaṃhārakāriṇī sarvadehinām |

sītā bhagavatī jñeyā mūlaprakṛtisaṃjñitā |

praṇavatvāt prakṛtir iti vadanti brahmavādina iti |

atha ato brahmajijñāseti ca ||9||

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।

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.”

Word by Word

śrīrāmaof Śrī Rāma

sānnidhyaby (his) presence/nearby-ness

vaśātdue to the influence/control (of)

jagatof the world

ānandaof bliss

kāriṇī(she who is) the cause/producer

utpattiof creation

sthitiof sustenance

saṃhāraof dissolution

kāriṇī(she who is) the cause/agent

sarvaall

dehināmof all embodied beings

sītāSītā

bhagavatīthe Blessed Goddess

jñeyāis to be known (as)

mūlaroot/primordial

prakṛtiof Prakṛti

saṃjñitācalled/known as

praṇavatvātbecause of being Praṇava

prakṛtiḥPrakṛti

itithus

vadantithey say

brahmavādinaḥthe expounders of Brahman

itithus

athanow

ataḥtherefore

brahmaBrahman

jijñāsāthe inquiry

itithus

caand/also

Sandhi Notes

Same as Sita.7: śrīrāmasānnidhyavaśāj = śrīrāma + sānnidhya + vaśāt
jagadānandakāriṇī = jagat + ānanda + kāriṇī
utpattisthitisaṃhārakāriṇī = utpatti + sthiti + saṃhāra + kāriṇī
sarvadehinām = sarva + dehinām
mūlaprakṛtisaṃjñitā = mūla + prakṛti + saṃjñitā
praṇavatvāt = praṇava + -tva + -āt
prakṛtir iti = prakṛtiḥ + iti
brahmajijñāsā = brahma + jijñāsā

Verse Context

Brahman–Śakti inseparability; Māyā/Prakṛti as dependent power; initiation of Brahma-jijñāsāMahavakya: Indirect: encourages the movement toward mahāvākya realization by first situating the manifest universe in a single principle symbolized by Oṃ, then pointing to Brahman-inquiry.AtharvaChandas: Prose / mixed (later Upaniṣadic style)

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