Verse 7

Tripura

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इमां विज्ञाय सुधया मदन्ती परिसृता तर्पयन्तः स्वपीठम् । नाकस्य पृष्ठे वसन्ति परं धाम त्रैपुरं चाविशन्ति ॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

इमाम् । विज्ञाय । सुधया । मदन्ती । परिसृता । तर्पयन्तः । स्व-पीठम् । नाकस्य । पृष्ठे । वसन्ति । परम् । धाम । त्रैपुरम् । च । आविशन्ति ॥७॥

IAST Transliteration

imāṃ vijñāya sudhayā madantī parisṛtā tarpayantaḥ svapīṭham | nākasya pṛṣṭhe vasanti paraṃ dhāma traipuraṃ cāviśanti ||7||

Translation

ਇਸ (ਤ੍ਰਿਪੁਰਾ) ਉਪਦੇਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਣ ਕੇ, ਵਹਿੰਦੇ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ-ਰਸ ਨਾਲ ਮਦਮਸਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ, ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਆਸਨ ਨੂੰ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ, ਉਹ ਸੁਰਗ ਦੇ ਪਿੱਠ ਉੱਤੇ ਵੱਸਦੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਪਰਮ ਧਾਮ—ਤ੍ਰੈਪੁਰ ਅਵਸਥਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਵੇਸ਼ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ॥੭॥

Academic Translation

Having known this (Tripurā/that teaching), (they), intoxicated with the nectar that has flowed forth, satisfying their own seat (abode), dwell on the back of heaven and enter the supreme abode, the Tripura (realm/state).

Verse Context

• Moksha (liberation through knowledge of Tripurā/Brahman)
• Mahavakya: Implicitly aligns with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi): establishment in one’s own ‘seat’ as the Self and entry into the supreme abode through knowledge.
• Atharva