Verse 12
Mandukya
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अमात्रश्चतुर्थोऽव्यवहार्यः प्रपञ्चोपशमः शिवोऽद्वैत एवम् ओङ्कार आत्मैव संविशत्यात्मनाऽऽत्मानं य एवं वेद ॥१२॥
Padapatha (Word Split)
अ-मात्रः । चतुर्थः । अव्यवहार्यः । प्रपञ्च-उपशमः । शिवः । अद्वैतः । एवम् । ओङ्कारः । आत्मा-एव । संविशति । आत्मना । आत्मानम् । यः । एवम् । वेद ॥१२॥
IAST Transliteration
amātraś caturtho 'vyavahāryaḥ prapañcopaśamaḥ śivo 'dvaita evam oṅkāra ātmā eva saṃviśaty ātmanātmānaṃ ya evaṃ veda ||12||
Translation
ಚತುರ್ಥವು ಅಮಾತ್ರ—ಮಾತ್ರಾರಹಿತ; ಅವ್ಯವಹಾರ್ಯ, ಪ್ರಪಂಚೋಪಶಮ, ಶಿವ (ಮಂಗಳಸ್ವರೂಪ), ಅದ್ವೈತ. ಹೀಗೆ ಓಂಕಾರವೇ ಆತ್ಮ. ಯಾರು ಹೀಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯುವನೋ, ಅವನು ಆತ್ಮದಿಂದಲೇ ಆತ್ಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Academic Translation
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.
Verse Context
Turīya (the Fourth), amātra (soundless), prapañcopaśama (cessation of phenomenalization), Advaita (non-duality)Mahavakya: 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.AtharvaAtharva-veda (traditionally associated with the Atharvaṇic corpus; specific śākhā not securely attested for Māṇḍūkya) ShakhaChandas: Prose