Verse 15

Parabrahma

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वामांसदक्षकण्ठ्यन्तं ब्रह्मसूत्रं तु सव्यतः । अन्तर्बहिरिवात्यर्थं तत्त्वतन्तुसमन्वितम् ॥ नाभ्यादिब्रह्मरन्ध्रान्तप्रमाणं धारयेत्सुधीः ॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

वाम-अंस-दक्ष-कण्ठि-अन्तम् । ब्रह्म-सूत्रम् । तु । सव्यतः । अन्तर्-बहिः-इव । अत्यर्थम् । तत्त्व-तन्तु-समन्वितम् ॥ नाभि-आदि-ब्रह्म-रन्ध्र-अन्त-प्रमाणम् । धारयेत् । सु-धीः ॥१५॥

IAST Transliteration

vāmāṃsa-dakṣakaṇṭhy-antaṃ brahmasūtraṃ tu savyataḥ | antar-bahir ivātyarthaṃ tattvatantu-samanvitam || nābhyādi-brahmarandhrānta-pramāṇaṃ dhārayet sudhīḥ ||15||

Translation

ພຣະພຣະມະສູດຣະ (ສາຍດ້າຍສັກສິດ) ຈາກບ່າຊ້າຍໄປຮອດດ້ານຂວາຂອງຄໍ ໃຫ້ນຸ່ງສວມຈາກດ້ານຊ້າຍ; ປານດັ່ງຢູ່ທັງພາຍໃນແລະພາຍນອກ ເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍເສັ້ນດ້າຍແຫ່ງສັດຈະຢ່າງຍິ່ງ. ຜູ້ຮູ້ຄວນສວມຕາມຂະໜາດຈາກສະດືຂຶ້ນໄປຮອດ ພຣະພຣະມະຣັນທຣະ (ຊ່ອງທີ່ກະຫມ່ອມ).

Academic Translation

The brahma-sūtra (sacred thread), from the left shoulder up to the right side of the neck, worn from the left (side), as though within and without, exceedingly endowed with the thread of truth— the wise one should wear it in the measure from the navel up to the brahma-randhra (aperture at the crown).

Verse Context

• Reinterpretation of yajñopavīta as tattva/jñāna; internalization of Vedic symbols; kuṇḍalinī axis (nābhi to brahmarandhra) as contemplative map
• Mahavakya: Indirect: the ‘tattva-tantu’ (thread of Reality) points to abiding in Brahman-knowledge implied by ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म (prajñānaṃ brahma)’ and ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि (ahaṃ brahmāsmi)’.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Mixed śloka (predominantly Anuṣṭubh; with a longer pāda/compound typical of late metrical Sanskrit)