Verse 8

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्राणायामैर्दहेद्दोषान्धारणाभिश्च किल्बिषम् । प्रत्याहारेण संसर्गाद्ध्यानेनानीश्वरान्गुणान् ॥८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

प्राणायामैः । दहेत् । दोषान् । धारणाभिः । च । किल्बिषम् । प्रत्याहारेण । संसर्गात् । ध्यानेन । अनीश्वरान् । गुणान् ॥८॥

IAST Transliteration

prāṇāyāmair dahed doṣān dhāraṇābhiś ca kilbiṣam | pratyāhāreṇa saṃsargād dhyānenānīśvarān guṇān ||8||

Translation

بتمارين ضبط النَّفَس (براناياما) تُحرَق العيوب، وبالتثبيت (دهارانا) تُحرَق الخطيئة/الدَّنَس (كيلبيشا). وبسحب الحواسّ (براتياهارا) يتحرّر المرء من المخالطة والاتصال (سامسارغا)، وبالتأمّل (دهْيانا) يتجاوز الصفات غير المتسيّدة (أنيشوارا غونا).

Academic Translation

By breath-restraints one should burn faults; and by concentrations, sin (kilbiṣa). By withdrawal (one is freed) from contact (saṃsarga), and by meditation (one overcomes) non-sovereign qualities (anīśvarān guṇān).

Verse Context

• Maya/Guṇa-transcendence and purification leading toward Moksha
• Mahavakya: Indirect: describes preparatory purification and guṇa-transcendence that make the mind fit (antaḥkaraṇa-śuddhi) for mahāvākya-jñāna.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)