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Tripurā Upaniṣad 1 (Sanskrit Documents numbering)

Canonical source text

ॐ तिस्रः पुरास्त्रिपथा विश्वचर्षणा अत्राकथा अक्षराः सन्निविष्टाः । अधिष्ठायैना अजरा पुराणी महत्तरा महिमा देवतानाम् ॥

IAST transliteration

oṃ tisraḥ purās tripathā viśvacarṣaṇā atrākathā akṣarāḥ sanniviṣṭāḥ | adhiṣṭhāyainā ajarā purāṇī mahattarā mahimā devatānām ||

Close translation

Oṃ. Three cities, three paths, seeing the world; here the unspoken syllables are set. Presiding over them, the unaging, ancient one — the greater greatness of the deities.

Reader-friendly meaning

Tripurā is named as three cities and three paths — a structure of consciousness, not a travel map.

Meenananda editorial explanation

The house hears three as a teaching of nearness: body, speech, and mind turned toward the one Mother.

Tripurā Upaniṣad 1, Sanskrit Documents recension (tripura-upan.html). Sanskrit: public-domain Devanagari as encoded at Sanskrit Documents (sanskritdocuments.org). Foundation translations: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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English

Oṃ. Three cities, three paths, seeing the world; here the unspoken syllables are set. Presiding over them, the unaging, ancient one — the greater greatness of the deities.

বাংলা

ওঁ। তিন নগর, তিন পথ, বিশ্বদর্শিনী; এখানে অব্যক্ত অক্ষর বসে। তাদের অধিষ্ঠাত্রী অজরা পুরাণী — দেবতাদের বৃহত্তর মহিমা।

हिन्दी

ॐ। तीन पुर, तीन पथ, विश्व को देखने वाली; यहाँ अव्यक्त अक्षर बैठे हैं। उनकी अधिष्ठात्री अजरा पुराणी — देवताओं की बड़ी महिमा।