Verse 16

Akshamalika

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रातरधीयानो रात्रिकृतं पापं नाशयति। सायमधीयानो दिवसकृतं पापं नाशयति। तत्सायंप्रातः प्रयुञ्जानः पापोऽपापो भवति। एवमक्षमालिकया जप्तो मन्त्रः सद्यः सिद्धिकरो भवतीत्याह भगवान् गुहः प्रजापतिमित्युपनिषत्॥१६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

प्रातः-अधीयानः रात्रि-कृतम् पापम् नाशयति । सायम्-अधीयानः दिवस-कृतम् पापम् नाशयति । तत् सायम्-प्रातः प्रयुञ्जानः पापः अपापः भवति । एवम् अक्ष-मालिकया जप्तः मन्त्रः सद्यः सिद्धि-करः भवति इति आह भगवान् गुहः प्रजापतिम् इति उपनिषत् ॥१६॥

IAST Transliteration

prātar-adhīyāno rātri-kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati | sāyam-adhīyāno divasa-kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati | tat sāyaṃ-prātaḥ prayuñjānaḥ pāpo 'pāpo bhavati | evam akṣamālikayā japto mantraḥ sadyaḥ siddhi-karo bhavatīty āha bhagavān guhaḥ prajāpatiṃ ity upaniṣat ||16||

Translation

ಪ್ರಾತಃಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದನ್ನು ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಮಾಡುವವನು ರಾತ್ರಿ ಮಾಡಿದ ಪಾಪವನ್ನು ನಾಶಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಸಾಯಂಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಮಾಡುವವನು ದಿನದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಡಿದ ಪಾಪವನ್ನು ನಾಶಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಸಂಜೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಾತಃ ಇದನ್ನು ಪ್ರಯೋಗಿಸುವವನು ಪಾಪಿಯಾದರೂ ಅಪಾಪನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅಕ್ಷಮಾಲಿಕೆಯಿಂದ (ಜಪಮಾಲೆಯಿಂದ) ಜಪಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಈ ಮಂತ್ರವು ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಸಿದ್ಧಿಯನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂದು ಭಗವಾನ್ ಗುಹನು ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಇತಿ ಉಪನಿಷತ್॥೧೬॥

Academic Translation

One who recites (it) in the morning destroys the sin committed at night. One who recites (it) in the evening destroys the sin committed during the day. Therefore, employing it in the evening and in the morning, a sinner becomes sinless. Thus, the mantra, when repeated with an akṣamālikā (rosary), becomes an immediate bestower of accomplishment—so said the Blessed Guha to Prajāpati: thus (ends) the Upaniṣad.

Verse Context

• Pāpa–puṇya-śuddhi (purification), Japa as sādhana, Siddhi (attainment) as fruit of disciplined practice
• Mahavakya: Indirect: prepares the adhikāritva (fitness) for mahāvākya-vicāra through citta-śuddhi; not itself a mahāvākya statement
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose