Tripura Upanishad: Verse 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊर्ध्वज्वलज्वलनं ज्योतिरग्रे तमो वै तिरश्श्चीनमजरं तद्रजोऽभूत् । आनन्दनं मोदनं ज्योतिरिन्दो रेता उ वै मण्डला मण्डयन्ति॥४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ऊर्ध्व-ज्वल-ज्वलनम् । ज्योतिः । अग्रे । तमः । वै । तिरश्श्चीनम् । अजरम् । तत् । रजः । अभूत् । आनन्दनम् । मोदनम् । ज्योतिः । इन्दोः । रेतः । उ । वै । मण्डलाः । मण्डयन्ति ॥४॥

Recitation with translationTripura Upanishad 4

IAST Transliteration

ūrdhva-jvala-jvalanaṃ jyotir agre tamo vai tiraśścīnam ajaraṃ tad rajo 'bhūt | ānandanam modanaṃ jyotir indo reta u vai maṇḍalā maṇḍayanti ||4||

Translation

शुरू में एक रोशनी थी जो ऊपर की तरफ जल रही थी। अंधेरा भी था, वो कभी खत्म नहीं होता। वो अंधेरा धूल बन गया। चाँद की रोशनी खुशी देती है। गोले, जैसे चाँद और सूरज, अपनी रोशनी से चमकते हैं।

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Academic Translation

At the beginning there is the upward-blazing, blazing Light; darkness indeed lies crosswise; that (darkness), undecaying, became the dust (rajas). The Light of the moon is gladdening and delighting; indeed the circles (or spheres) are adorned by the seed (retaḥ).

Verse Context

• Māyā (tamas/rajas) and the primordial Light of Consciousness (Brahman/Ātman as jyotis)
• Mahavakya: Indirectly supports 'prajñānaṃ brahma' by portraying consciousness as the primal light prior to obscuration; not a direct mahāvākya citation.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose / mixed (non-strict Vedic meter; Upaniṣadic mantra-style)