Tripura Upanishad: Verse 10
त्रिविष्टपं त्रिमुखं विश्वमातुर्नवरेखाः स्वरमध्यं तदीले । पुरं हन्त्रीमुखं विश्वमातू रवे रेखा स्वरमध्यं तदेषा । बृहत्तिथिर्दशा पञ्चादि नित्या सा षोडशी पुरमध्यं बिभर्ति ॥१०॥
त्रि-विष्टपम् । त्रि-मुखम् । विश्व-मातुः । नव-रेखाः । स्वर-मध्यम् । तत् । ईले । पुरम् । हन्त्री-मुखम् । विश्व-मातुः । रवे । रेखाः । स्वर-मध्यम् । तत् । एषा । बृहत्-तिथिः । दशा । पञ्च-आदि । नित्या । सा । षोडशी । पुर-मध्यम् । बिभर्ति ।
triviṣṭapaṃ trimukhaṃ viśvamātur navarekhāḥ svaramadhyaṃ tadīle | puraṃ hantrīmukhaṃ viśvamātū rave rekhā svaramadhyaṃ tadeṣā | bṛhattithiḥ daśā pañcādi nityā sā ṣoḍaśī puramadhyaṃ bibharti ||10||
मैं त्रिपुरा की तारीफ करता हूँ। यह तीन दुनिया का स्वर्ग है। तीन चेहरा वाली है, दुनिया की माँ है। नौ लाइन्स है, बीच में स्वर है। यह शहर है जो बुरी चीज़ों को खत्म करता है। दुनिया की माँ का चेहरा है। रव में लाइन्स है, बीच में स्वर है। वो नित्या है, पंद्रह से शुरू होती है। सोलह वाली है, शहर के बीच में रहती है।
I praise that (Tripurā), the heaven of three (worlds), three-faced, the Mother of the universe, having nine lines, whose center is the ‘svara’ (the central point/sound). This is the city (pura) with the face of the slayer (of impurities), the Mother of the universe; in the ‘rava’ (resonance) are the lines; its center is the ‘svara’. She, the eternal one beginning with the fifteen (nityās), the great lunar day (tithi), the sixteenth, bears the center of the city.
- viśvamātur → viśvamātuḥ (gen. sg.)
- tadīle → tat + īle
- tadeṣā → tat + eṣā. Other items are primarily compounds (dvigu/tatpuruṣa) rather than external sandhi
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