Verse 8

Kshurika

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तत्र नाडी सुषुम्ना तु नाडीभिर्बहुभिर्वृता । अणु रक्ताश्च पीताश्च कृष्णास्ताम्रा विलोहिताः ॥८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तत्र । नाडी । सुषुम्ना । तु । नाडीभिः बहुभिः वृता । अणु । रक्ताः च । पीताः च । कृष्णाः । ताम्राः । विलोहिताः ॥

IAST Transliteration

tatra nāḍī suṣumnā tu nāḍībhir bahubhir vṛtā | aṇu raktāś ca pītāś ca kṛṣṇās tāmrā vilohitāḥ ||8||

Translation

هناك حقًّا تكون النَّادِي المسماة سوشومنَا محاطةً بنوادٍ كثيرة—دقيقةٍ لطيفة—حمراءَ وصفراءَ، سوداءَ ونحاسيةَ، وحمراءَ قانيةً.

Academic Translation

There, indeed, the nāḍī called Suṣumnā is surrounded by many nāḍīs—minute (subtle) ones—red and yellow, black, coppery, and bright-red.

Verse Context

• Subtle body (sūkṣma-śarīra) and nāḍī-prāṇa framework as a preparatory discipline for Self-knowledge
• Mahavakya: Indirect: nāḍī/prāṇa mapping supports meditative steadiness that enables mahāvākya contemplation; the verse itself is not a mahāvākya statement
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose/Upaniṣadic mixed (not reliably classifiable as a strict Vedic chandas)