Tripura Upanishad 16 - Verse 16

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Tripura Upanishad: Verse 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इयं महोपनिषत् त्रैपुर्या यामक्षरं परमो गीर्भिर् ईट्टे । एषा ऋग्यजुः परमेतच्च सामायम् अथर्वेयम् अन्याच विद्या ॥ ॐ ह्रीम् । ॐ ह्रीम् इत्युपनिषत् ॥१६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

इयम् । महा-उपनिषत् । त्रैपुर्या । याम् । अक्षरम् । परमः । गीर्भिः । ईट्टे । एषा । ऋक्-यजुः । परमा । एतत्-च । साम । अयम् । अथर्व । इयम् । अन्या । च । विद्या । ॐ । ह्रीम् । ॐ । ह्रीम् । इति । उपनिषत् ।

Recitation with translationTripura Upanishad 16

IAST Transliteration

iyaṃ mahopaniṣat traipuryā yām akṣaraṃ paramo gīrbhir īṭṭe | eṣā ṛgyajuḥ paramaitac ca sāmāyam atharveyam anyā ca vidyā || oṃ hrīm | oṃ hrīm ity upaniṣat ||16||

Translation

यह त्रिपुरा की बड़ी उपनिषद है। इसमें वो सबसे बड़ा भगवान की बात है जो कभी खत्म नहीं होता। लोग इसको ओम के शब्द से गाते हैं। यह बात रिग और यजु दोनों में सबसे ऊपर की चीज़ है। यह साम भी है और अथर्व भी। यह एक अलग ही ज्ञान है जो ऊपर वाली बात बताता है। ओम ह्रीम, ओम ह्रीम, यह इस उपनिषद का सीधा शब्द है।

Academic Translation

This is the great Upaniṣad of Tripurā, in which the Supreme Imperishable is praised with sacred utterances. This (teaching) is the supreme (essence) of the Ṛg and Yajus; and this indeed is the Sāman; this is of the Atharvan; and it is also another (higher) knowledge. ‘Oṃ hrīm; Oṃ hrīm’—thus is the Upaniṣad.

Word by Word

iyamthis

mahā-upaniṣatthe great Upaniṣad

traipuryā(is) Tripurā

yāmwhom/which

akṣaramthe imperishable

paramaḥthe supreme (one)

gīrbhiḥwith hymns/utterances

īṭṭeis praised/worshipped

eṣāthis (indeed)

ṛkṚg (hymn/Ṛgveda)

yajuḥYajus (Yajurveda)

paramāsupreme

etatthis

caand

sāmāSāman (Sāmaveda)

iyamthis

atharvīAtharvan (Atharvaveda)

iyamthis

anyāother

caand

vidyāknowledge (doctrine)

oṃOṃ

hrīmhrīm (seed-mantra)

oṃOṃ

hrīmhrīm (seed-mantra)

itithus

upaniṣat(this is) the Upaniṣad

Sandhi Notes

mahopaniṣat = mahā + upaniṣat
gīrbhir īṭṭe = gīrbhiḥ + īṭṭe (visarga → r before vowel)
paramaitac = paramā + etat (ā + e → ai)
sāmāyam = sāmā + iyam (ā + i → āy)
atharveyam = atharvī + iyam (ī + i → ey)
ityupaniṣat = iti + upaniṣat (i + u → yu)

Verse Context

Brahman as Akṣara (the Imperishable); mantra as upāsanā and vidyā (higher knowledge)Mahavakya: Indirect—supports mahāvākya teaching by identifying the Imperishable Brahman as the ultimate purport (tātparya) of Vedic revelation; aligns especially with ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ in intent (Brahman as the ultimate reality to be realized).AtharvaChandas: Prose (mixed upaniṣadic style; not a strict Vedic metrical ṛc)

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