Ganapati Upanishad 16 - Verse 16

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Ganapati Upanishad: Verse 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एतदथर्वशीर्षं योऽधीते । स ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते । स सर्वविघ्नैर्न बाध्यते । स सर्वतः सुखमेधते । स पञ्चमहापापात् प्रमुच्यते । सायमधीयानो दिवसकृतं पापं नाशयति । प्रातरधीयानो रात्रिकृतं पापं नाशयति । सायं प्रातः प्रयुञ्जानः पापोऽपापो भवति । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षं च विन्दति ॥१६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एतत्-अथर्व-शीर्षम् । यः-अधीते । सः ब्रह्म-भूयाय कल्पते । सः सर्व-विघ्नैः न बाध्यते । सः सर्वतः सुखम् एधते । सः पञ्च-महा-पापात् प्रमुच्यते । सायम् अधीयानः दिवस-कृतम् पापम् नाशयति । प्रातः अधीयानः रात्रि-कृतम् पापम् नाशयति । सायम् प्रातः प्रयुञ्जानः पापः अपापः भवति । धर्म-अर्थ-काम-मोक्षम् च विन्दति ।

Recitation with translationGanapati Upanishad 16

IAST Transliteration

etad atharvaśīrṣaṃ yo ’dhīte | sa brahmabhūyāya kalpate | sa sarvavighnair na bādhyate | sa sarvataḥ sukham edhate | sa pañcamahāpāpāt pramucyate | sāyam adhīyāno divasakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati | prātar adhīyāno rātrikṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati | sāyaṃ prātaḥ prayuñjānaḥ pāpo ’pāpo bhavati | dharmārthakāmamokṣaṃ ca vindati ||16||

Translation

जो यह अथर्वशीर्ष पढ़ता है, वो ब्रह्मा के लेवल तक पहुँच जाता है। उसको कोई भी रुकावट नहीं रोक पाती। वो हर तरफ से खुश रहता है। वो पाँच बड़े पापों से छूट जाता है। शाम को पढ़ने से दिन का पाप मिट जाता है। सुबह को पढ़ने से रात का पाप मिट जाता है। अगर शाम और सुबह दोनों टाइम पढ़ता रहे, तो पापी भी पाप से साफ हो जाता है। उसको धरम, अर्थ, काम और मोक्ष सब मिल जाता है।

Academic Translation

Whoever studies this Atharvaśīrṣa becomes fit for the state of Brahman. He is not afflicted by any obstacles. He prospers in happiness from all sides. He is released from the five great sins. Reciting it in the evening destroys sin committed by day; reciting it in the morning destroys sin committed by night. Practising it both evening and morning, one becomes (as it were) a sinner made sinless. And one attains dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa.

Word by Word

etatthis

atharvaśīrṣamAtharva-śīrṣa (sacred text)

yaḥwho

adhītestudies/recites

saḥhe

brahmabhūyāyafor Brahmanhood

kalpatebecomes fit/attains

saḥhe

sarvaall

vighnaiḥby obstacles

nanot

bādhyateis obstructed/afflicted

saḥhe

sarvataḥfrom all sides/altogether

sukhamhappiness/well-being

edhateprospers

saḥhe

pañcafive

mahāgreat

pāpātfrom sin

pramucyateis freed

sāyamin the evening

adhīyānaḥreciting (one)

divasaday

kṛtamdone/committed

pāpamsin

nāśayatidestroys

prātaḥin the morning

adhīyānaḥreciting (one)

rātrinight

kṛtamdone/committed

pāpamsin

nāśayatidestroys

sāyamin the evening

prātaḥin the morning

prayuñjānaḥpractising/performing

pāpaḥsinful

apāpaḥsinless

bhavatibecomes

dharmadharma

arthaartha

kāmakāma

mokṣamliberation

caand

vindatifinds/obtains

Sandhi Notes

yo ’dhīte = yaḥ + adhīte (visarga→’ before vowel)
vighnair na = vighnaiḥ + na (visarga→r before n)
sukham edhate = sukham + edhate (m before vowel)
pāpo ’pāpo = pāpaḥ + apāpaḥ (visarga→’)
dharmārthakāmamokṣaṃ = dharma+artha+kāma+mokṣam (compound; internal sandhi artha/kāma/mokṣa)

Verse Context

Mokṣa through upāsanā leading to brahmabhāva; removal of vighna; pāpa-kṣaya (purification)Mahavakya: Indirect: prepares the adhikārin (qualified seeker) for mahāvākya-jñāna such as “ahaṃ brahmāsmi” by citta-śuddhi and vighna-nivṛtti; not itself a mahāvākya statement.AtharvaAtharvaveda (Atharvaśīrṣa tradition; commonly transmitted in Śaunaka-associated Atharvanic corpus) ShakhaChandas: Prose (gadya)

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