Verse 19

Kshurika

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

छिद्यते ध्यानयोगेन सुषुम्नैका न छिद्यते । योगनिर्मलधारेण क्षुरेणानलवर्चसा ॥ छिन्देन्नाडीशतं धीरः प्रभावादिह जन्मनि । जातीपुष्पसमायोगैर्यथा वास्यति तैतिलम् ॥१८–१९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

छिद्यते । ध्यान-योगेन । सुषुम्ना । एका । न । छिद्यते । योग-निर्मल-धारेण । क्षुरेण । अनल-वर्चसा । छिन्देत् । नाडी-शतम् । धीरः । प्रभावात् । इह । जन्मनि । जाती-पुष्प-समायोगैः । यथा । वास्यति । तैल-तिलम् ।

IAST Transliteration

chidyate dhyānayogena suṣumnāikā na chidyate | yoganirmaladhāreṇa kṣureṇānalavarcāsā || chindennāḍīśataṃ dhīraḥ prabhāvād iha janmani | jātīpuṣpasamāyogair yathā vāsyati tailatilam ||18–19||

Translation

ধ্যান-যোগের দ্বারা নাড়ীগুলির প্রবাহ ছিন্ন হয়; কেবল সুষুম্না একাই অচ্ছিন্ন থাকে। যোগে নির্মল ধারযুক্ত, অগ্নির ন্যায় দীপ্ত ক্ষুরের মতো সেই সাধনে ধীর সাধক এই জন্মেই তার প্রভাবে শত নাড়ী ছেদন করুক—যেমন জুঁইফুলের সংস্পর্শে তিলের তেল সুগন্ধিত হয়।

Academic Translation

By the yoga of meditation (dhyāna-yoga) [the nāḍīs] are cut; the suṣumnā alone is not cut. With the razor—whose edge is purified by yoga and whose brilliance is like fire—the steadfast one should cut a hundred nāḍīs by its power here in this very life, just as sesame-oil is perfumed by contact with jasmine flowers.

Verse Context

• Moksha (liberation) through yogic purification of the subtle channels (nāḍī-śuddhi) and ascent via suṣumnā
• Mahavakya: Indirect: supports realization implied by Atharva-veda mahāvākya ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ by prescribing yogic purification conducive to nondual insight.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Mixed/irregular (Upaniṣadic yogic verse; not strictly Vedic chandas)