Verse 16

Tripura

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 ।

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

ഇത് ത്രൈപുര്യാ മഹോപനിഷത്താണ്; ഇതിൽ പരമ അക്ഷരമായ പരമാത്മാവിനെ പവിത്ര വാക്മന്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ സ്തുതിക്കുന്നു। ഈ ഉപദേശം ഋഗ്വേദത്തിന്റെയും യജുർവേദത്തിന്റെയും പരമസാരമാണ്; ഇതുതന്നെ സാമവേദത്തിന്റെ തത്ത്വം; ഇതുതന്നെ അഥർവണത്തിന്റെയും; കൂടാതെ ഇത് മറ്റൊരു, ഉന്നതവിദ്യയായ ജ്ഞാനവുമാണ്। ‘ഓം ഹ്രീം; ഓം ഹ്രീം’—ഇങ്ങനെ ഉപനിഷത്ത്॥೧೬॥

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.

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).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (mixed upaniṣadic style; not a strict Vedic metrical ṛc)