Verse 3

Tripura

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एका सा आसीत् प्रथमा सा नवासीदासो नवविंशादासो नत्रिंशत् । चत्वारिंशादथ तिस्रः समिधा उशतीरिव मातरो मा विशन्तु ॥३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एकाः । सा । आसीत् । प्रथमा । सा । नव । आसीत् । आसः । नव-विंशात् । आसः । न-त्रिंशत् । चत्वारिंशात् । अथ । तिस्रः । समिधाः । उशतीः-इव । मातरः । मा । विशन्तु ॥३॥

IAST Transliteration

ekā sā āsīt prathamā sā nava āsīd āso navaviṃśād āso natriṃśat | catvāriṃśād atha tisraḥ samidhā uśatīr iva mātaro mā viśantu ||3||

Translation

ਉਹ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਇਕ ਸੀ; ਫਿਰ ਨੌਂ ਬਣੀ; ਨੌਂ ਤੋਂ ਉੱਨੀ; ਉੱਨੀ ਤੋਂ ਤੀਹ; ਤੀਹ ਤੋਂ ਚਾਲੀ ਹੋ ਗਈ। ਫਿਰ, ਇੱਛਾਵਾਨ ਮਾਵਾਂ ਵਾਂਗ ਤਿੰਨ ਸਮਿਧਾਂ ਮੇਰੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਪ੍ਰਵੇਸ਼ ਕਰਨ॥੩॥

Academic Translation

She was one at first; she became nine; from nine she became nineteen; from nineteen she became thirty; from thirty she became forty. Then may the three kindling-sticks, like desiring mothers, enter into me.

Verse Context

• Emanation and re-integration of Śakti (Māyā) into nondual Brahman; transformation from One to many as pedagogical cosmology
• Mahavakya: Indirect; the unfolding from One to many is ultimately sublated by the mahāvākya insight (e.g., ‘ayam ātmā brahma’) that the One Self alone is real and the many are dependent manifestations.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Mixed/irregular (Upaniṣadic mantra style; not securely classifiable)