Kshurika Upanishad: Verse 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्राणायामसुतीक्ष्णेन मात्राधारेण योगवित् । वैराग्योपलघृष्टेन छित्त्वा तं तु न बध्यते ॥२४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

प्राणायाम-सुतीक्ष्णेन । मात्रा-आधारेण । योग-वित् । वैराग्य-उपल-घृष्टेन । छित्त्वा । तम् । तु । न । बध्यते ।

Recitation with translationKshurika Upanishad 24

IAST Transliteration

prāṇāyāmasutīkṣṇena mātrādhāreṇa yogavit | vairāgyopalaghṛṣṭena chittvā taṃ tu na badhyate ||24||

Translation

जो योग जानता है, वो अपनी साँस का बहुत तेज़ हथियार बनाता है। उस्से नाप-तोल के साथ इस्तेमाल करता है। और जब दिल सब चीज़ों से उठ जाता है, वो हथियार और भी तेज़ हो जाता है। फिर वो रास्ता काट देता है और फँसता नहीं।

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Academic Translation

The knower of yoga, with the very sharp (instrument) of prāṇāyāma, supported by measured units (mātrā-ādhāra), and honed on the whetstone of dispassion, having cut that (bond/obstruction), is not bound.

Word by Word

• prāṇāyāma-sutīkṣṇena: (with) very sharp (means) through prāṇāyāma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāṇāyāma (प्रातिपदिक) + su-tīkṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग instrumental singular form used adjectivally; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; (qualifying mātrādhāreṇa)

• mātrā-ādhāreṇa: by the support of measure (regulated count)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + ādhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• yoga-vit: the knower of yoga
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + √vid (विद्) धातु (क्विप्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• vairāgya-upala-ghṛṣṭena: rubbed/sharpened with the whetstone of dispassion
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vairāgya (प्रातिपदिक) + upala (प्रातिपदिक) + ghṛṣṭa (√ghṛṣ क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग instrumental singular form used adjectivally; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; (qualifying implied instrument/means)

• chittvā: having cut
• Type: Verb
• Root: √chid (छिद्) धातु
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकर्म; अव्ययभाव

• tam: that (it/him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• tu: indeed, but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-अव्यय

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• badhyate: is bound
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bandh (बन्ध्) धातु
• Form: लट्; आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

Sandhi Notes

• mātrādhāreṇa = mātrā + ādhāreṇa (ā + ā contraction)
• prāṇāyāmasutīkṣṇena is a tatpuruṣa compound (prāṇāyāma + su-tīkṣṇa) in instrumental singular
• vairāgyopalaghṛṣṭena = vairāgya + upala + ghṛṣṭena (compound; external sandhi yā + u → yāu written yo)

Verse Context

• Yoga-sādhana leading to bandha-nivṛtti (release from bondage); Vairāgya and prāṇāyāma as auxiliaries to liberation
• Mahavakya: Preparatory (sādhana) relation: prāṇāyāma and vairāgya are treated as mind-purifying supports for mahāvākya-based inquiry/realization rather than the mahāvākya itself.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)