Paingala Upanishad 11: Verse 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अण्डस्थानि तानि तेन विना स्पन्दितुं चेष्टितुं वा न शेकुः। तानि चेतनीकर्तुं सोऽकामयत। ब्रह्माण्डब्रह्मरन्ध्राणि समस्तव्यष्टिमस्तकान् विदार्य तदेवानुप्राविशत्। तदा जडान्यपि तानि चेतनवत् स्वकर्माणि चक्रिरे॥११॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अण्ड-स्थानि । तानि । तेन । विना । स्पन्दितुम् । चेष्टितुम् । वा । न । शेकुः । तानि । चेतनी-कर्तुम् । सः । अकामयत । ब्रह्म-अण्ड-ब्रह्म-रन्ध्राणि । समस्त-व्यष्टि-मस्तकान् । विदार्य । तत्-एव । अनु-प्राविशत् । तदा । जडानि । अपि । तानि । चेतन-वत् । स्व-कर्माणि । चक्रिरे ।

Sanskrit recitationPaingala Upanishad 11

IAST Transliteration

aṇḍasthāni tāni tena vinā spandituṃ ceṣṭituṃ vā na śekuḥ | tāni cetanīkartuṃ so'kāmayat | brahmāṇḍabrahmarandhrāṇi samastavyaṣṭimastakān vidāry tadevānuprāviśat | tadā jaḍāny api tāni cetanavat svakarmāṇi cakrire ||11||

Translation

เมื่ออยู่ภายในไข่จักรวาล พวกเขาไม่อาจสั่นไหวหรือกระทำการใดได้หากปราศจากพระองค์ ครั้นทรงประสงค์จะทำให้พวกเขามีจิตรู้ พระองค์ทรงผ่าเปิดพรหมรันธระของไข่จักรวาลและของศีรษะปัจเจกทั้งปวง แล้วเสด็จเข้าสู่พวกเขาโดยแท้ ครั้นนั้น แม้เดิมเป็นสิ่งเฉื่อย ก็ปฏิบัติหน้าที่ของตนประหนึ่งมีสติรู้

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Academic Translation

Situated within the egg, they were unable, without him, to throb or to act. Wishing to make them conscious, he—having split open the brahmarandhras of the cosmic egg and of all the individual heads—entered into them indeed. Then, though inert, they performed their own functions as if conscious.

Verse Context

• Antaryāmin (indwelling Self/Īśvara), enlivening of inert matter, brahmarandhra symbolism
• Mahavakya: Indirect: prepares for 'ayam ātmā brahma' by showing consciousness as the inner principle that makes all functions possible; supports 'tat tvam asi' via the same indweller in cosmic and individual domains.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose