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Saubhāgyalakṣmī Upaniṣad, opening (Sanskrit Documents recension)

Canonical source text

अथ भगवन्तं देवा ऊचुर्हे भगवन्नः कथय सौभाग्यलक्ष्मीविद्याम् । तथेत्यवोचद्भगवानादिनारायणः सर्वे देवा यूयं सावधानमनसो भूत्वा शृणुत ।

IAST transliteration

atha bhagavantaṃ devā ūcur he bhagavann aḥ kathaya saubhāgyalakṣmīvidyām | tathety avocad bhagavān ādinārāyaṇaḥ sarve devā yūyaṃ sāvadhānamanaso bhūtvā śṛṇuta |

Close translation

Then the gods said to the Blessed One: ‘Blessed One, tell us the vidyā of Saubhāgyalakṣmī.’ The Blessed Ādinārāyaṇa said: ‘So be it. All you gods, become attentive of mind and hear.’

Reader-friendly meaning

A framing dialogue. Later nyāsa and promised household fruits in the print are not opened as instructions.

Meenananda editorial explanation

Śrī in this house is the welcome of the shrine and the care of guests.

Saubhāgyalakṣmī Upaniṣad opening, Sanskrit Documents recension (saubhagya.html). Sanskrit: public-domain Devanagari as encoded at Sanskrit Documents (sanskritdocuments.org). Foundation translations: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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English

বাংলা

তখন দেবতা ভগবানকে বললেন: ‘ভগবন্, সৌভাগ্যলক্ষ্মী-বিদ্যা বলুন।’ ভগবান্ আদিনারায়ণ বললেন: ‘তথাস্তু। সব দেবতা, মন সাবধান করে শোন।’

हिन्दी

तब देवों ने भगवान् से कहा: ‘भगवन्, सौभाग्यलक्ष्मी-विद्या कहिए।’ भगवान् आदिनारायण ने कहा: ‘तथास्तु। सब देव, मन सावधान कर सुनो।’