Verse 10

Brahmavidya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पद्मसूत्रनिभा सूक्ष्मा शिखा सा दृश्यते परा । सा नाडी सूर्यसंकाशा सूर्यं भित्त्वा तथापरा ॥

द्विसप्ततिसहस्राणि नाडीं भित्त्वा च मूर्धनि । वरदः सर्वभूतानां सर्वं व्याप्यावतिष्ठति ॥१०-११॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

पद्म-सूत्र-निभा सूक्ष्मा शिखा सा दृश्यते परा । सा नाडी सूर्य-संकाशा सूर्यं भित्त्वा तथा अपरा ॥

द्वि-सप्तति-सहस्राणि नाडीम् भित्त्वा च मूर्धनि । वरदः सर्व-भूतानाम् सर्वम् व्याप्य अवतिष्ठति ॥१०-११॥

IAST Transliteration

padmasūtranibhā sūkṣmā śikhā sā dṛśyate parā | sā nāḍī sūryasaṅkāśā sūryaṃ bhittvā tathāparā ||

dvisaptatisahasrāṇi nāḍīṃ bhittvā ca mūrdhani | varadaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvaṃ vyāpyāvatiṣṭhati ||10–11||

Translation

Jene höchste Flamme wird gesehen, fein wie ein Faden aus Lotosfaser. Und jene Nāḍī, sonnenhaft leuchtend, hat die Sonne durchstoßen und ist ebenso jenseits. Nachdem sie die zweiundsiebzigtausend Nāḍīs durchdrungen und den Scheitel erreicht hat, weilt der Spender der Gaben für alle Wesen, alles durchdringend.

Academic Translation

That supreme flame is seen—subtle, like a lotus-fiber thread. That nāḍī, sun-like in radiance, having pierced the sun, is likewise beyond. Having pierced the seventy-two thousand nāḍīs and (reaching) the crown of the head, the Bestower of boons for all beings, pervading all, abides.

Verse Context

• Nāḍī/inner light (jyotis) leading to realization of the all-pervading Brahman
• Mahavakya: Indirect—culminates in the vision of the all-pervading reality, consonant with mahāvākya import (Self/Brahman identity) though expressed via yogic symbolism.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Mixed śloka/Anuṣṭubh-style (later Upaniṣadic verse)