Mandukya Upanishad 11 — Verse 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुषुप्तस्थानः प्राज्ञो मकारस्तृतीया मात्रा मितेरपीतेर्वा मिनोति ह वा इदं सर्वम् अपीतिश्च भवति य एवं वेद ॥११॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सुषुप्त-स्थानः । प्राज्ञः । मकारः । तृतीया । मात्रा । मितेः । अपीतेः-वा । मिनोति । ह । वा । इदम् । सर्वम् । अपीतिः-च । भवति । यः । एवम् । वेद ॥११॥

IAST Transliteration

suṣuptasthānaḥ prājño makāras tṛtīyā mātrā miter apīter vā minoti ha vā idaṃ sarvam apītiś ca bhavati ya evaṃ veda ||11||

Translation

সুষুপ্তস্থানস্থিত প্ৰাজ্ঞ ‘ম্’ অক্ষৰ—ওঁকাৰৰ তৃতীয় মাত্রা। মিতি (মাপ) বা অপীতি (লয়)ৰ কাৰণে সি এই সকলোকে মাপে/অৱগাহন কৰে; আৰু লয় (প্ৰলয়) ৰূপ হয়—যিয়ে এইদৰে জানে।

Academic Translation

The Prājña, whose sphere is deep sleep, is the letter M, the third mora. Because of measure (miti), or because of absorption (apīti), he indeed measures (or comprehends) all this; and he becomes the absorption (dissolution)—whoever thus knows.

Verse Context

• Prājña (deep-sleep self), laya/absorption, ‘measure’ (miti) and dissolution (apīti) as aspects of Oṃ’s M-mātrā
• Mahavakya: Supports ‘Ayam Ātmā Brahma’ by showing that even the causal, undifferentiated deep-sleep condition is a mode of Ātman; yet it remains a ‘mātrā’ to be transcended toward Turīya.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (traditionally associated with the Atharvaṇic corpus; specific śākhā not securely attested for Māṇḍūkya) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose