Trisuparṇa Mantrāṇi
(Mahā Nārāyaṇa Upaṇiṣad)
brahma̍m etu̱ mām | madhu̍m etu̱ mām | brahma̍m e̱va madhu̍m etu̱ mām |
yāste soma̍ pra̱jā va̱tso’bhi̱ so a̱ham | duḥṣvapna̱han du̍ruṣṣaha | yāste̍ soma
prā̱ṇāgass stāñ-ju̍homi || 1 ||
May the Supreme reach me. May the blissful reach me. May the Supreme alone that is blissful reach me. O
Lord, being one among your creatures I am your child. Suppress the dreary dream of empirical existence
that I experience. For that I offer myself as an oblation into You. O Lord, the vital and mental powers you
have kept in me.
trisu̍parṇa̱m ayā̍citaṁ brāhma̱ṇāya̍ dadyāt |
bra̱hma̱ha̱tyāṁ vā e̱te ghna̍nti |
ye brā̎hm̱aṇās trisu̍parṇa̱ṁ paṭha̍nti |
te soma̱ṁ prāpnu̍vanti | ā̱sa̱ha̱srāt pa̱ṅkti puna̍nti | oṁ || 2 ||
One may impart the Trisuparna to a brahmana unsolicited. Those brahmanas who recite the Trisuparna
indeed destroy even the sin of brahminicide. They attain to the fruit of the performance of the Soma
sacrifice. They purify all those who sit in a row of a thousand (while at dinner) and attain union with the
Absolute.
brahma̍ me̱dhayā̎ | madhu̍ me̱dhayā̎ |
brahma̍m e̱va ma̍dhu me̱dhayā̎ || 3 ||
That Brahman is attained through the power of intelligence. That Bliss is attained through the power of
intelligence. The Bliss which is indeed Brahman is attained through the power of intelligence.
a̱dyā no̍ deva savitaḥ praj̱ āva̍tsāvī̱s saubha̍gam |
parā̎ du̱ḥṣvapni̍yaguṁ suva || 4 ||
viśvā̍ni deva savitar duri̱tāni̱ parā̍ suva |
yad bha̱draṁ tanna̱ ā su̍va || 5 || (R.V. 5:82:4-5)
Send us this day O Savitar, prosperity with progeny, drive from us the nightmare. O God Savitar, drive
away from us all sorrows and misfortune, and send us all that is for our good.
madhu̱vātā̍ ṛtāya̱te madhu̍ kṣaranti̱ sindha̍vaḥ |
mādhvī̎rnas-sa̱ntvoṣa̍dhīḥ || 6 ||
madhu̱ nakta̍ṁ u̱toṣasi̱ madhu̍ma̱t pārthi̍va̱guṁ raja̍ḥ |
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madhu̱ dyaur a̍stu nah pi̱tā || 7 ||
madhu̍ mānno̱ vana̱spati̱r madhu̍māguṁ astu̱ sūrya̍ḥ |
mādhvī̱r gāvo̍ bhavantu naḥ || 8 ||
To the pious the winds blow sweet, the streams are sweet; be sweet to us the plants.
Sweet is the night, and sweet at dawn the air of the earth, sweet be the sky our father.
Sweet to us be the Lord of the forest, sweet the sun, sweet be the cows to us. RV.1.90.6 TS.4.2.9.7
ya i̱maṁ trisu̍parṇa̱m ayā̍citaṁ brāhma̱ṇāya̍ dadyāt |
bhru̱ṇa̱ha̱tyāṁ vā e̱te ghna̍nti || 9 ||
ye brā̎hma̱ṇās trisu̍parṇa̱ṁ paṭha̍nti |
te soma̱ṁ prāpnu̍vanti | ā̱sa̱ha̱srāt pa̱ṅkti puna̍nti || oṁ || 10 ||
One may impart the Trisuparna to a brahmana unsolicited. Those brahmanas who recite the Trisuparna
indeed destroy even the sin of feticide. They attain to the fruit of the performance of the Soma sacrifice.
They purify all those who sit in a row of a thousand (while at dinner) and attain union with the Absolute.
brahma me̱dhavā̎ | madhu me̱dhavā̎ |
brahma̍m e̱va madhu̍ me̱dhavā̎ || 11 ||
That Brahman is attained by one who has been prepared through the performance of sacrifice. That Bliss
is attained by one who has been prepared through the performance of sacrifice. . The Bliss which is indeed
Brahman is attained by one who has been prepared through the performance of sacrifice.
bra̱hmā de̱vānā̎ṁ pada̱vīḥ ka̍vī̱nām ṛṣi̱r viprā̍ṇāṁ mahi̱ṣo mṛ ̱gāṇā̎m |
śye̱no gṛdhrā̍ṇā̱gum̐svadhi̍ti̱r vanā̍nā̱gum̱̐ soma̍ḥ pa̱vitra̱m atye̍ti̱ rebhan̍ || 12 ||
Brahma of the gods, leader of poets, Sage of seers, bull of wild beasts. Eagle of vultures, axe of the forests,
Soma goes over the seive singing. (Taittiriya Samhita 3;4;11d)
ha̱guṁśaś śu̍ciṣad vasu̍r antari̱kṣasad hotā̍ vedi̱ṣad ati̍thir duroṇa̱sat |
nṛ ̱ṣad va̍ra̱sad ṛ ̍ta̱sad vyo̍ma̱sad a̱bjā go̱jā ṛ ̍ta̱jā a̍dri̱jā ṛ ̱taṁ bṛ ̱hat || 13 ||
That which is the sun in the clear sky, is the Vsu (air that moves) in the mid-region, is the fire that dwells
in the altar, and in the domestic hearth as the guest, is the fire that shines in humans and in the gods, as the Self, is the fire that is consecrated in sacrifice, is dwelling in the sky as air, is born in the ocean as the
submarine heat, is born in the rays of the sun, is the fire that is directly seen as the luminary, and is born
on the mountain as the rising sun — that is the Supreme Truth, the Reality underlying all.
ṛ ̱ce tvā̍ ru̱ce tvā̱ samit sra̍vanti sa̱rito̱ na dhenā̎ḥ | a̱ntar hṛ ̱dā mana̍sā pū̱yamā̍nāḥ |
gẖṛtasya̱ dhārā̍ a̱bhicā̍kaśīmi || 14 ||
I pile fuel on the consecrated fire with a view to aquire the Vedas necessary for your worship, meditating
on you in the form of the Rigveda. The unbroken flow of ghee offered into the sacred fire — flow like
rivers. By this I kindle the splendour of the holy fire.
hi̱ra̱ṇyayo̍ veta̱so madhya̍ āsām | tasmin̎t supa̱rṇo ma̍dhu̱kṛt kul̍ ā̱yī bhaja̍nnāste̱
madhu̍ de̱vatā̎bhyaḥ | tasyā̍sate̱ hara̍yas sapta t ̱ īre̎ sva̱dhām duhā̍nā a̱mṛta̍sya̱
dhārā̎m || 15 ||
In the āhavaniya fire, amidst those streams of ghee being oblated, abides the rich and splendid Suprem
Being magnified by the Trisuparna, who dwells in the nest of the bodies of created beings, who confers
bliss on beings according to their merit, who shares the ambrosial oblations with the gods. Close to Him
are seated the 7 sages who destroy sins continuously puring sweet oblations for the gods.
ya i̱daṁ trisu̍parṇa̱m ayā̍citaṁ brāhma̱ṇāya̍ dadyāt | vī̱ra̱ha̱tyāṁ vā e̱te ghna̍nti |
ye brā̎hma̱ṇās trisu̍parṇa̱ṁ paṭha̍nti | te soma̱ṁ prāpnu̍vanti | ā̱sa̱ha̱srāt pa̱ṅkti
puna̍nti | oṁ || 16 ||
One may impart the Trisuparna to a brahmana unsolicited. Those brahmanas who recite the Trisuparna
indeed destroy even the sin of murdering a hero (protector). They attain to the fruit of the performance of the Soma sacrifice. They purify all those who sit in a row of a thousand (while at dinner) and attain union
with the Absolute.
