Verse 14

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Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद्विष्णोः परमं पदं सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयः । दिवीव चक्षुराततम् ॥१४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तत् । विष्णोः । परम् । पदम् । सदा । पश्यन्ति । सूरयः । दिवि-इव । चक्षुः । आततम् ॥१४॥

IAST Transliteration

tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ | divīva cakṣur ātatam ||14||

Translation

विष्णु का वह परम पद ऋषि-सूरि सदा देखते रहते हैं—जैसे आकाश में फैली हुई दृष्टि (नेत्र) निरन्तर प्रकाशित रहती है॥१४॥

Academic Translation

That highest station of Viṣṇu the seers always behold—like an eye stretched out in heaven.

Verse Context

• Paramapada (supreme state/abode) as mokṣa; contemplative vision of the Highest
• Mahavakya: Indirect: aligns with ‘prajñānaṃ brahma’ insofar as the ‘seeing’ (paśyanti) of the wise indicates awakened knowledge of the supreme reality.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Triṣṭubh (source verse known from Ṛgveda 1.22.20; often treated as triṣṭubh in Vedic metrics).