Verse 8

Kshurika

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तत्र नाडी सुषुम्ना तु नाडीभिर्बहुभिर्वृता । अणु रक्ताश्च पीताश्च कृष्णास्ताम्रा विलोहिताः ॥८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तत्र । नाडी । सुषुम्ना । तु । नाडीभिः बहुभिः वृता । अणु । रक्ताः च । पीताः च । कृष्णाः । ताम्राः । विलोहिताः ॥

IAST Transliteration

tatra nāḍī suṣumnā tu nāḍībhir bahubhir vṛtā | aṇu raktāś ca pītāś ca kṛṣṇās tāmrā vilohitāḥ ||8||

Translation

There indeed the nāḍī called Suṣumnā is surrounded by many nāḍīs—minute and subtle—red and yellow, black, coppery, and bright-red.

Academic Translation

There, indeed, the nāḍī called Suṣumnā is surrounded by many nāḍīs—minute (subtle) ones—red and yellow, black, coppery, and bright-red.

Verse Context

• Subtle body (sūkṣma-śarīra) and nāḍī-prāṇa framework as a preparatory discipline for Self-knowledge
• Mahavakya: Indirect: nāḍī/prāṇa mapping supports meditative steadiness that enables mahāvākya contemplation; the verse itself is not a mahāvākya statement
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose/Upaniṣadic mixed (not reliably classifiable as a strict Vedic chandas)