tantra
गभर् उपिनषद्
Garbha Upanishad
Translation and notes by Subhash Kak (सुभाष काक)
॥ गभ पिनषत ् ॥
ॐ सह नाववतु । सह नौ भुन ु ।
सहवीय करवावहै । तेज ःव नावधीतमःतु ।
मा व षावहै ॥
ॐ शा तः शा तः शा तः ॥
Om! May we be protected; may we be nourished; may we act together with energy; may our study be vigorous and effective; may we not mutually dispute.
Om! śāntiå, śāntiå, śāntiå.
ॐ प चा मक प चसु वतर्मानं षडाौयं ष गुणयोगयु म ् ।
ं
त स धातु ऽमलं
योिन चतु वर्धाहारमयं शर रं ॥
The body is fivefold in nature (the five elements), existing in the five, depending on the six supports (tastes of food), connected with the six qualities, [consisting of] seven dhātus (tissues), three impurities, having two yonis (sexes), and
[nourished by] four kinds of food.
भवित प चा मकिमित कःमात ् पृिथ यापःतेजोवायुराकाशिमित
अ ःम प चा मक शर रे ।
े
का पृिथवी का आपः क तेजः को वायुः कमाकाशम ् ।
ं
तऽ य क ठनं सा पृिथवी य िवं ता आपो यदंणं
ु
त ेजो य स चरित स वायुः य सु षरं तदाकाशिम यु यते ॥
How is it pancātmakam (five-fold)? Because of the five: earth, water, fire, air and ether. In this five-fold body, what is earth, what is water, what is fire, what is air, and what is ether? It is said that what is hard is earth, what is fluid is water, what is warm is fire, what moves is air, and what is space is ether.
तऽ पृिथवी धारणे आपः प ड करणे तेजः ूकाशने
1
वायुगमने आकाशमवकाशूदाने ।
र्
पृथक् ौोऽे श दोपल धौ वक् ःपश च षी पे ज ा रसने
ु
नािसकाऽऽयाणे उपःथ ान दनेऽपानमु सग बु
बु
या
यित मनसा स क पयित वाचा वदित ।
There the earth is to support, water is to consolidate, fire is for light, air is for movement, and ether is to provide space. Separately, ears are to receive words, the skin for touch, eyes to see form, tongue for taste, and nose for smell. The genitalia are for pleasure and apāna for evacuation. One cognizes with the intellect (buddhi), envisions with the mind (manas), and speaks with words (vāk).
ु
षडाौयिमित कःमात ् मधुरा ललवणित कटकषायरसा व दते ।
ष
Garbha Upanishad
Translation and notes by Subhash Kak (सुभाष काक)
॥ गभ पिनषत ् ॥
ॐ सह नाववतु । सह नौ भुन ु ।
सहवीय करवावहै । तेज ःव नावधीतमःतु ।
मा व षावहै ॥
ॐ शा तः शा तः शा तः ॥
Om! May we be protected; may we be nourished; may we act together with energy; may our study be vigorous and effective; may we not mutually dispute.
Om! śāntiå, śāntiå, śāntiå.
ॐ प चा मक प चसु वतर्मानं षडाौयं ष गुणयोगयु म ् ।
ं
त स धातु ऽमलं
योिन चतु वर्धाहारमयं शर रं ॥
The body is fivefold in nature (the five elements), existing in the five, depending on the six supports (tastes of food), connected with the six qualities, [consisting of] seven dhātus (tissues), three impurities, having two yonis (sexes), and
[nourished by] four kinds of food.
भवित प चा मकिमित कःमात ् पृिथ यापःतेजोवायुराकाशिमित
अ ःम प चा मक शर रे ।
े
का पृिथवी का आपः क तेजः को वायुः कमाकाशम ् ।
ं
तऽ य क ठनं सा पृिथवी य िवं ता आपो यदंणं
ु
त ेजो य स चरित स वायुः य सु षरं तदाकाशिम यु यते ॥
How is it pancātmakam (five-fold)? Because of the five: earth, water, fire, air and ether. In this five-fold body, what is earth, what is water, what is fire, what is air, and what is ether? It is said that what is hard is earth, what is fluid is water, what is warm is fire, what moves is air, and what is space is ether.
तऽ पृिथवी धारणे आपः प ड करणे तेजः ूकाशने
1
वायुगमने आकाशमवकाशूदाने ।
र्
पृथक् ौोऽे श दोपल धौ वक् ःपश च षी पे ज ा रसने
ु
नािसकाऽऽयाणे उपःथ ान दनेऽपानमु सग बु
बु
या
यित मनसा स क पयित वाचा वदित ।
There the earth is to support, water is to consolidate, fire is for light, air is for movement, and ether is to provide space. Separately, ears are to receive words, the skin for touch, eyes to see form, tongue for taste, and nose for smell. The genitalia are for pleasure and apāna for evacuation. One cognizes with the intellect (buddhi), envisions with the mind (manas), and speaks with words (vāk).
ु
षडाौयिमित कःमात ् मधुरा ललवणित कटकषायरसा व दते ।
ष
References: S. Kak, The Astronomical Code of the ›gveda. Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 2000. S. Kak, The axis and the perimeter of the Hindu temple. Mankind Quarterly, vol. 46, 2006. © Subhash Kak, सुभाष काक, 2006 11