Tripura Upanishad: Verse 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सृण्येव सितया विश्वचर्षणिः पाशेनैव प्रतिबध्नात्यभीकाम् । इषुभिः पञ्चभिर्धनुषा च विध्यत्यादिशक्तिररुणा विश्वजन्या ॥१३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सृण्या-इव । सितया । विश्व-चर्षणिः । पाशेन-एव । प्रति-बध्नाति । अभीकाम् । इषुभिः । पञ्चभिः । धनुषा । च । विध्यति । आदि-शक्तिः । अरुणा । विश्व-जन्या ॥१३॥

Recitation with translationTripura Upanishad 13

IAST Transliteration

sṛṇyeva sitayā viśvacarṣaṇiḥ pāśenaiva pratibadhnāty abhīkām | iṣubhiḥ pañcabhir dhanuṣā ca vidhyaty ādiśaktir aruṇā viśvajanyā ||13||

Translation

जैसे चमकीला हल चलता है, वैसे ही वो सब को संभालनेवाला अपनी पसंद का इंसान को फाँस से बाँध देता है। फिर वो पहली शक्ति, जो लाल है और दुनिया को जन्म देती है, पाँच तीर और एक धनुष से उन्हें छेद देती है।

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Academic Translation

Like a ploughshare with its bright (blade), the all-supporting one binds the desired (beings) indeed with a noose; and with five arrows and a bow the primordial Power—ruddy, the begetter of the universe—pierces (them).

Verse Context

• Śakti (Māyā/Prakṛti) as the cosmic power that binds and liberates; pañca-tanmātra/pañca-indriya symbolism
• Mahavakya: Indirect—supports Advaitic reading of Brahman as the substratum while Śakti functions as the operative power; can be aligned with ‘prajñānam brahma’ by treating Śakti’s ‘piercing’ as the awakening of consciousness through the senses.
• Atharva