Mandukya Upanishad: Verse 12
अमात्रश्चतुर्थोऽव्यवहार्यः प्रपञ्चोपशमः शिवोऽद्वैत एवम् ओङ्कार आत्मैव संविशत्यात्मनाऽऽत्मानं य एवं वेद ॥१२॥
अ-मात्रः । चतुर्थः । अव्यवहार्यः । प्रपञ्च-उपशमः । शिवः । अद्वैतः । एवम् । ओङ्कारः । आत्मा-एव । संविशति । आत्मना । आत्मानम् । यः । एवम् । वेद ॥१२॥
amātraś caturtho 'vyavahāryaḥ prapañcopaśamaḥ śivo 'dvaita evam oṅkāra ātmā eva saṃviśaty ātmanātmānaṃ ya evaṃ veda ||12||
चौथा स्टेट है जो मात्रा से पारे है। इसमें कोई व्यवहार नहीं, दुनिया का शोर खत्म, और शिव है। यह अद्वैत है, मतलब दूसरा कोई नहीं। ओम का अर्थ यही है कि आप खुद में खुद को पा जाते हो। जो यह समझता है, वो अपने आप को पा लेता है।
The Fourth is without mora, not an object of transaction, the cessation of phenomenal expansion, auspicious, non-dual. Thus the Oṃkāra is the Self indeed. He enters the Self by the Self—whoever thus knows.
- amātraś caturtho'vyavahāryaḥ → amātraḥ caturthaḥ avyavahāryaḥ
- prapañcopaśamaḥ → prapañca-upaśamaḥ
- śivo 'dvaitaḥ → śivaḥ advaitaḥ
- ātmātmānaṃ → ātmanā ātmānam
- (oṅkāra ātmā) no sandhi beyond vowel coalescence in recitation
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Turīya (the Fourth), amātra (soundless), prapañcopaśama (cessation of phenomenalization), Advaita (non-duality)
- The mahavakyas
- Directly aligned with ‘Ayam Ātmā Brahma’ (Māṇḍūkya’s central mahāvākya): Oṃ is declared to be Ātman; Turīya is non-dual Brahman/Ātman beyond the three states.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Shakha
- Atharva-veda (traditionally associated with the Atharvaṇic corpus; specific śākhā not securely attested for Māṇḍūkya)
- Chandas
- Prose
Yoga and practice
Meditation on the ‘soundless’ after Oṃ (nāda→nāda-anta): rest in the silence that remains when A-U-M subside; cultivate sākṣī-bhāva (witnesshood) across waking/dream/deep sleep; use neti-neti toward the ‘avyavahārya’ (non-objectifiable) Self; avoid mistaking trance/blankness for Turīya—recognize ever-present awareness.
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