Verse 24

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तालमात्राविनिष्कम्पो धारणायोजनं तथा । द्वादशमात्रो योगस्तु कालतो नियमः स्मृतः ॥२४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ताल-मात्रा-विनिष्कम्पः । धारणायोजनम् । तथा । द्वादश-मात्रः । योगः । तु । कालतः । नियमः । स्मृतः ॥

IAST Transliteration

tālamātrāviniṣkampo dhāraṇāyojanaṃ tathā | dvādaśamātro yogas tu kālato niyamaḥ smṛtaḥ ||24||

Translation

താളമാത്ര സമയത്തോളം കുലുക്കമില്ലാത്ത സ്ഥിരത ധാരണയുടെ പ്രയോഗമെന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; യോഗം എന്നാൽ ദ്വാദശമാത്ര—കാലപരമായ ഈ നിയമം സ്മൃതമായി അറിയപ്പെടുന്നു.

Academic Translation

Steadiness for the duration of a tāla-mātrā is the application of dhāraṇā; but yoga is (said to be) of twelve mātrās—this temporal regulation is remembered as the rule.

Verse Context

• Dhāraṇā–dhyāna maturation through kāla-niyama (time-measure discipline)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: defines meditative stability that enables nididhyāsana; no direct mahāvākya citation.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)