Paingala Upanishad 5: Verse 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ईशाधिष्ठितावरणशक्तितो रजोद्रिक्ता महदाख्या विक्षेपशक्तिरासीत्। तत्प्रतिबिम्बितं यत्तद्धिरण्यगर्भचैतन्यमासीत्। स महत्तत्त्वाभिमानी स्पष्टास्पष्टवपुर्भवति॥५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ईश-अधिष्ठित-आवरण-शक्तितः । रजः-उद्रिक्ता । महत्-आख्या । विक्षेप-शक्तिः । आसीत् । तत्-प्रतिबिम्बितम् । यत् । तत् । हिरण्यगर्भ-चैतन्यम् । आसीत् । सः । महत्-तत्त्व-अभिमानी । स्पष्ट-अस्पष्ट-वपुः । भवति ॥५॥

Sanskrit recitationPaingala Upanishad 5

IAST Transliteration

īśādhiṣṭhitāvaraṇaśaktito rajodriktā mahadākhyā vikṣepaśaktir āsīt | tatpratibimbitaṃ yat tadd hiraṇyagarbhacaitanyam āsīt | sa mahattattvābhimānī spaṣṭās paṣṭavapur bhavati ||5||

Translation

Daripada kuasa penudung yang dipimpin oleh Īśvara, timbul—didominasi oleh rajas—kuasa pemancaran (vikṣepa-śakti) yang dinamai ‘mahat’. Apa yang terpantul di dalamnya ialah kesedaran Hiraṇyagarbha. Dia, dengan mengidentifikasi diri pada mahat-tattva, menjadi berwujud yang sekaligus nyata dan tidak nyata.

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Academic Translation

From the veiling power presided over by Īśvara there arose, predominated by rajas, the projecting power (vikṣepa-śakti) called ‘mahat’. That which is reflected in it was the consciousness of Hiraṇyagarbha. He, identifying with the mahat-tattva, becomes of a form that is both distinct and indistinct.

Verse Context

• Vikṣepa-śakti (projection), Mahat, Hiraṇyagarbha (cosmic subtle totality)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: frames the cosmic mind (Hiraṇyagarbha) as a conditioned manifestation of consciousness, supporting the pedagogical distinction between conditioned and unconditioned Self implied in ‘tat tvam asi’.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose