Verse 10

Akshamalika

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथोवाच ये ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्रास्तेभ्यः सगुणेभ्यः ॐ नमः । तद्वीर्यमस्याः प्रतिष्ठापयति ॥१०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । उवाच । ये । ब्रह्म-विष्णु-रुद्राः । तेभ्यः । स-गुणेभ्यः । ॐ । नमः । तत्-वीर्यम् । अस्याः । प्रतिष्ठापयति ।

IAST Transliteration

atho uvāca ye brahma-viṣṇu-rudrās tebhyaḥ sa-guṇebhyaḥ oṃ namaḥ | tad-vīryam asyāḥ pratiṣṭhāpayati ||10||

Translation

ثم قال: «لبراهما وفيشنو ورودرا—لهم، وهم ذوو الصفات (سَغونا)، أوم، النمَس. إن بأسهم وقوتهم (فيريا) هي التي تُقيم وتُكرّس هذه السبحة».

Academic Translation

Then he said: ‘To Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra—to them, possessed of attributes, Oṃ, reverence. Their vigor (vīrya) establishes (consecrates) this (rosary).’

Verse Context

• Saguṇa Brahman / Īśvara-upāsanā as support for sādhana
• Mahavakya: Indirect: acknowledges saguṇa (qualified) divinity within practice; mahāvākyas point beyond to nirguṇa Brahman as the final purport in Advaita readings.
• Atharva
• Atharva (late/sectarian; exact śākhā not securely attested) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose