Paingala Upanishad 1.7 - Adhyaya 1

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Paingala Upanishad: Verse 1.7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्रष्टुकामो जगद्योनिस्तमोगुणमधिष्ठाय सूक्ष्मतन्मात्राणि भूतानि स्थूलीकर्तुं सोऽकामयत। सृष्टेः परिमितानि भूतान्येकैकं द्विधा विधाय पुनश्चतुर्धा कृत्वा स्वस्वेतरद्वितीयांशैः पञ्चधा संयोज्य पञ्चीकृतभूतैरनन्तकोटिब्रह्माण्डानि तत्तदण्डोचितगोलकस्थूलशरीराण्यसृजत्॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

स्रष्टु-कामः । जगत्-योनिः । तमः-गुणम् । अधिष्ठाय । सूक्ष्म-तन्मात्राणि । भूतानि । स्थूली-कर्तुम् । सः । अकामयत । सृष्टेः । परिमितानि । भूतानि । एकैकम् । द्विधा । विधाय । पुनः । चतुर्धा । कृत्वा । स्व-स्व । इतर । द्वितीय-अंशैः । पञ्चधा । संयोज्य । पञ्चीकृत-भूतैः । अनन्त-कोटि-ब्रह्माण्डानि । तत्-तत्-अण्ड-उचित-गोलक-स्थूल-शरीराणि । असृजत् ॥७॥

Recitation with translationPaingala Upanishad 1.7

IAST Transliteration

sraṣṭukāmo jagadyonis tamoguṇam adhiṣṭhāya sūkṣmatanmātrāṇi bhūtāni sthūlīkartuṃ so’kāmayata | sṛṣṭeḥ parimitāni bhūtāny ekaikaṃ dvidhā vidhāya punaś caturdhā kṛtvā svasvetaradvitīyāṃśaiḥ pañcadhā saṃyojya pañcīkṛtabhūtair anantakoṭibrahmāṇḍāni tattadaṇḍocitagolaksthūlaśarīrāṇy asṛjat ||7||

Translation

Pragnąc stwarzać, Łono (źródło) wszechświata, uciekając się do guṇy tamasu, chciał uczynić subtelne tanmātry pierwiastkami grubymi. Biorąc określone pierwiastki przy stwarzaniu, podzielił każdy na dwoje i znów na czworo; potem, łącząc je pięciokrotnie przez mieszanie drugich części ze sobą nawzajem, stworzył, za pomocą pięciokrotnych pierwiastków, niezliczone miliardy brahmāṇḍ (kosmicznych jaj) i ciała grube umieszczone w sferach właściwych każdemu jaju.

Academic Translation

Desiring to create, the womb (source) of the universe, resorting to the guṇa of tamas, wished to make the subtle elements (tanmātras) into gross elements. Having taken the limited (i.e., determinate) elements at creation, he divided each one into two, and again made them into four; then, combining them fivefold with the second portions of one another, he created, by means of the quintuplicated elements, innumerable crores of cosmic eggs (brahmāṇḍas) and the gross bodies situated in the spheres appropriate to each egg.

Word by Word

स्रष्टुकामःdesirous to create

जगद्योनिःthe womb/source of the world

तमोगुणम्the tamas quality

अधिष्ठायhaving presided over / having taken as basis

सूक्ष्मतन्मात्राणिsubtle tanmātras

भूतानिelements

स्थूलीकर्तुम्to make gross

सःhe

अकामयतdesired

सृष्टेःof creation

परिमितानिmeasured/limited (in quantity)

भूतानिelements

एकैकम्each one (separately)

द्विधाinto two parts

विधायhaving divided/arranged

पुनःagain

चतुर्धाinto four parts

कृत्वाhaving made

स्वस्वेतरद्वितीयांशैःwith the second portions of the others (each)

पञ्चधाfivefold

संयोज्यhaving combined

पञ्चीकृतभूतैःby the fivefold-grossified elements

अनन्तकोटिब्रह्माण्डानिcountless crores of universes

तत्तदण्डोचितगोलकस्थूलशरीराणिgross bodies suited to the respective cosmic spheres

असृजत्created

Sandhi Notes

सोऽकामयत = सः + अकामयत (विसर्ग-सन्धि: ओऽ)
भूतान्येकैकम् = भूतानि + एकैकम् (यणादेश/सवर्णदीर्घ-प्रभाव: इ + ए → ये)
भूतान्यसृजत् etc. similar: भूतानि + ... (इ/अ + अ → या/ऽ not shown in Devanagari consistently)
तत्तदण्डोचित... = तत् तत् + अण्डोचित... (द्वित्व/समास)
स्वस्वेतर... = स्वस्व + इतर + द्वितीय + अंशैः (समास-समाहार)

Verse Context

Sṛṣṭi (cosmogenesis) through Māyā/guṇas; pañcīkaraṇa (quintuplication of elements)Mahavakya: Indirect: prepares the adhikāra for mahāvākya inquiry by explaining nāma-rūpa (name-form) superimposition upon Brahman; aligns with the Advaitic reading of 'prajñānaṃ brahma' as the substratum of creation.AtharvaChandas: Prose

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