Mathyate Tu Jagatsarva - Gopal Tapani Upnishad, Atharvaveda

Mathyate Tu Jagatsarva - Gopal Tapani Upnishad, Atharvaveda

Mathyate Tu Jagatsarva Brahmaj~nanena Yena Va.
Matsarabhutam Yadyatsyanmathura Sa Nigadyate.

- Gopal Tapani Upnishad, Atharvaveda

That sacred place where the essential essence of spiritual knowledge (brahma-jñāna) and the yoga of devotion (bhakti-yoga) eternally reside, and by whose influence the material existence of both jñānīs and devotees is dissolved, is called Mathura.