Verse 24

Kshurika

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्राणायामसुतीक्ष्णेन मात्राधारेण योगवित् । वैराग्योपलघृष्टेन छित्त्वा तं तु न बध्यते ॥२४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

प्राणायाम-सुतीक्ष्णेन । मात्रा-आधारेण । योग-वित् । वैराग्य-उपल-घृष्टेन । छित्त्वा । तम् । तु । न । बध्यते ।

IAST Transliteration

prāṇāyāmasutīkṣṇena mātrādhāreṇa yogavit | vairāgyopalaghṛṣṭena chittvā taṃ tu na badhyate ||24||

Translation

প্ৰাণায়ামৰ অতি তীক্ষ্ণ উপায়ে, মাত্রা-আধাৰ (মাপিত শ্বাস)-ৰ আশ্ৰয়ে, বৈৰাগ্যৰ শাণপাথৰত ঘঁহি তীক্ষ্ণ কৰি, যোগবিদে সেই বন্ধন ছেদ কৰিলে সি পুনৰ বদ্ধ নহয়।

Academic Translation

The knower of yoga, with the very sharp (instrument) of prāṇāyāma, supported by measured units (mātrā-ādhāra), and honed on the whetstone of dispassion, having cut that (bond/obstruction), is not bound.

Verse Context

• Yoga-sādhana leading to bandha-nivṛtti (release from bondage); Vairāgya and prāṇāyāma as auxiliaries to liberation
• Mahavakya: Preparatory (sādhana) relation: prāṇāyāma and vairāgya are treated as mind-purifying supports for mahāvākya-based inquiry/realization rather than the mahāvākya itself.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)