Verse 16

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मनः सङ्कल्पकं ध्यात्वा संक्षिप्यात्मनि बुद्धिमान् ।

धारयित्वा तथाऽऽत्मानं धारणा परिकीर्तिता ॥१६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

मनः । सङ्कल्पकम् । ध्यात्वा । संक्षिप्य । आत्मनि । बुद्धिमान् ।

धारयित्वा । तथा । आत्मानम् । धारणा । परिकीर्तिता ।

IAST Transliteration

manaḥ saṅkalpakaṃ dhyātvā saṃkṣipyātmani buddhimān |

dhārayitvā tathā''tmānaṃ dhāraṇā parikīrtitā ||16||

Translation

മനസ്സിനെ സംകല്പസ്വരൂപമെന്നു ധ്യാനിച്ച്, ജ്ഞാനി അതിനെ ആത്മാവിൽ സംക്ഷിപ്തം (ലയിപ്പിച്ച്) ചെയ്യുന്നു. പിന്നെ അതേവിധം ആത്മാവിനെ സ്ഥിരമായി ധാരിക്കുന്നതിനെ ‘ധാരണ’ എന്നു പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു॥१६॥

Academic Translation

Having meditated upon the mind as constituted of volition (saṅkalpa), the wise one, having contracted (withdrawn) it into the Self, and then having held the Self thus—this is declared to be dhāraṇā (concentration).

Verse Context

• Atman; saṅkalpa-nivṛtti (cessation of volitional constructions); dhāraṇā
• Mahavakya: Indirect—supports realization implied by 'ayam ātmā brahma' by withdrawing mind into the Self.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)