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Kshurika Upanishad: Verse 9

अतिसूक्ष्मां च तन्वीं च शुक्लां नाडीं समाश्रयेत् । तत्र संचारयेत् प्राणान् ऊर्णनाभीव तन्तुना ॥९॥

अति-सूक्ष्माम् च । तन्वीम् च । शुक्लाम् । नाडीम् । समाश्रयेत् । तत्र । संचारयेत् । प्राणान् । ऊर्णनाभीव । तन्तुना ॥

Recitation with translationKshurika Upanishad 9

atisūkṣmāṃ ca tanvīṃ ca śuklāṃ nāḍīṃ samāśrayet | tatra saṃcārayet prāṇān ūrṇanābhīva tantunā ||9||

उसमें एक बहुत पतली, साफ-साफ नाड़ी है, उसको चूज़ लो। वहाँ अपना साँस चलाओ, जैसे मकड़ी अपने धागे से चलती है।

One should resort to the exceedingly subtle, slender, white nāḍī; there one should cause the prāṇas to move, like a spider by (its) thread.

अतिसूक्ष्माम्very subtle
अतिसूक्ष्माम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + सूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (नाडीम् विशेषयति)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
तन्वीम्thin
तन्वीम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootतन्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (नाडीम् विशेषयति)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
शुक्लाम्white
शुक्लाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootशुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (नाडीम् विशेषयति)
नाडीम्the nāḍī (channel)
नाडीम्:
TypeNoun
Rootनाडी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
समाश्रयेत्should take refuge in
समाश्रयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√श्रि (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
संचारयेत्should move/circulate
संचारयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-√चर् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (णिच्-प्रयोगः)
प्राणान्the prāṇas (vital airs)
प्राणान्:
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
ऊर्णनाभीa spider
ऊर्णनाभी:
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्णनाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
इवlike
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
तन्तुनाwith a thread
तन्तुना:
TypeNoun
Rootतन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
  • ऊर्णनाभीव → ऊर्णनाभी + इव (ई + इ → ईव)
Inner control and refinement of prāṇa as an aid to nididhyāsana (deep contemplation) culminating in ātma-jñānaMahavakya: Indirect: prāṇa-sādhana is treated as an auxiliary (aṅga) that steadies mind for realizing mahāvākya import (identity of ātman and brahman)AtharvaChandas: Prose/Upaniṣadic mixed (not reliably classifiable as a strict Vedic chandas)

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