Verse 19

Parabrahma

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन मोक्षापेक्षी भवेद् यतिः । बहिःसूत्रं परित्यज्य स्वान्तःसूत्रं तु धारयेत् ॥१९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तस्मात् । सर्व-प्रयत्नेन । मोक्ष-अपेक्षी । भवेत् । यतिः । बहिः-सूत्रम् । परित्यज्य । स्व-अन्तः-सूत्रम् । तु । धारयेत् ॥१९॥

IAST Transliteration

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena mokṣāpekṣī bhaved yatiḥ | bahiḥsūtraṃ parityajya svāntaḥsūtraṃ tu dhārayet ||19||

Translation

Darum soll der Entsagende (yati) mit aller Anstrengung ein Suchender der Befreiung werden; nachdem er die äußere heilige Schnur aufgegeben hat, soll er wahrlich den inneren Faden, die innere Sūtra, tragen.

Academic Translation

Therefore, with every effort, the renunciate (yati) should become one who seeks liberation; having abandoned the external sacred thread, he should indeed bear the inner thread (the inward ‘sūtra’).

Verse Context

• Moksha; internalization of sannyāsa symbols; Atman/Brahman as the true ‘thread’
• Mahavakya: Indirect—supports the Advaitic move from external identifiers to inner realization consistent with ‘aham brahmāsmi’/‘tat tvam asi’ as lived knowledge rather than ritual status.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)