Verse 9

Parabrahma

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येन सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव । तत्सूत्रं धारयेद्योगी योगविद्ब्राह्मणो यतिः ॥९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

येन । सर्वम् । इदम् । प्रोतम् । सूत्रे । मणि-गणाः । इव । तत्-सूत्रम् । धारयेत् । योगी । योग-वित् । ब्राह्मणः । यतिः ॥९॥

IAST Transliteration

yena sarvam idaṃ protaṃ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva | tatsūtraṃ dhārayed yogī yogavid brāhmaṇo yatiḥ ||9||

Translation

ಯಾವುದರಿಂದ ಇವೆಲ್ಲವೂ ಸೂತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಣಿಗಣಗಳಂತೆ ಪ್ರೋತವಾಗಿದೆಯೋ, ಆ ಸೂತ್ರವನ್ನು ಯೋಗಿ ಧರಿಸಬೇಕು; ಅವನು ಯೋಗವಿತ್, ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ, ಯತಿ.

Academic Translation

That by which all this is strung (woven) together—like clusters of gems on a thread—that sūtra the yogin should hold (bear/maintain); (he is) the knower of yoga, the brāhmaṇa, the ascetic.

Verse Context

• Brahman as the inner ‘thread’ (sūtra) pervading and supporting the cosmos; dhāraṇā/nididhyāsana on the all-pervading principle
• Mahavakya: Conceptually consonant with ‘sarvaṃ khalv idaṃ brahma’ (Chāndogya) and with mahāvākya purport (non-dual Brahman as all); not a direct relation to the four canonical mahāvākyas.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)