Akshamalika Upanishad — Verse 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथोवाच ये देवाः पृथिवीपदास्तेभ्यो नमो भगवन्तोऽनुमदन्तु शोभायै । पितरोऽनुमदन्तु शोभायै ज्ञानमयीम् अक्षमालिकाम् ॥६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । उवाच । ये । देवाः । पृथिवी-पदाः । तेभ्यः । नमः । भगवन्तः । अनुमदन्तु । शोभायै । पितरः । अनुमदन्तु । शोभायै । ज्ञान-मयीम् । अक्षा-मालिकाम् ।

IAST Transliteration

atho uvāca ye devāḥ pṛthivī-padās tebhyo namo bhagavanto 'numadantu śobhāyai | pitaro 'numadantu śobhāyai jñāna-mayīm akṣa-mālikām ||6||

Translation

ಅನಂತರ ಅವನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ತಮ್ಮ ಪದವೆಂದು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ದೇವರಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ. ಭಗವಂತರೆ, ಶೋಭಾ-ಮಂಗಳಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಅನುಮೋದನೆ ನೀಡಿರಿ; ಪಿತೃಗಳೂ ಶೋಭಾ-ಮಂಗಳಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಅನುಮೋದಿಸಲಿ—ಈ ಜ್ಞಾನಮಯ ಅಕ್ಷಮಾಲಿಕೆಗೆ.

Academic Translation

Then he said: ‘To those gods whose station is the earth—to them (be) reverence. May the venerable ones grant assent for auspiciousness; may the Fathers grant assent for auspiciousness—to this rosary made of knowledge.’

Verse Context

• Upāsanā (sacralization of a ritual support) oriented to Jñāna and Mokṣa
• Mahavakya: Indirect: prepares the mind (citta-śuddhi/ekāgratā) for mahāvākya-vicāra rather than stating a mahāvākya.
• Atharva
• Atharva (late/sectarian; exact śākhā not securely attested) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose