Verse 26

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येनासौ पश्यते मार्गं प्राणस्तेन हि गच्छति । अतस्तमभ्यसेन्नित्यं सन्मार्गगमनाय वै ॥२६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

येन । असौ । पश्यते । मार्गम् । प्राणः । तेन । हि । गच्छति । अतः । तम् । अभ्यसेत् । नित्यम् । सत्-मार्ग-गमनाय । वै ॥

IAST Transliteration

yenāsau paśyate mārgaṃ prāṇas tena hi gacchati | atas tam abhyasen nityaṃ sanmārgagamanāya vai ||26||

Translation

その方法によって道を見定めるなら、まさにその方法によってプラーナ（prāṇa）は進む。ゆえに真の道（サンマールガ）に赴くため、これを常に修習すべきである。

Academic Translation

By which (means) he perceives the path, by that indeed the prāṇa proceeds. Therefore one should practice that constantly, for going on the true path.

Verse Context

• Prāṇa; Sādhana leading toward Mokṣa
• Mahavakya: Indirect: emphasizes disciplined means (upāya) for inner realization that culminates in identity-knowledge implied by mahāvākyas (e.g., ‘tat tvam asi’).
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (later Yoga-Upaniṣad tradition; śākhā attribution not firmly fixed in critical scholarship) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)