Verse 36

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

व्यानः सर्वेषु चाङ्गेषु सदा व्यावृत्य तिष्ठति । अथ वर्णास्तु पञ्चानां प्राणादीनामनुक्रमात् ॥३६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

व्यानः । सर्वेषु । च । अङ्गेषु । सदा । व्यावृत्य । तिष्ठति । अथ । वर्णाः । तु । पञ्चानाम् । प्राण-आदीनाम् । अनुक्रमात् ॥

IAST Transliteration

vyānaḥ sarveṣu cāṅgeṣu sadā vyāvṛtya tiṣṭhati | atha varṇāstu pañcānāṃ prāṇādīnām anukramāt ||36||

Translation

വ്യാനൻ എല്ലാ അവയവങ്ങളിലും സദാ വ്യാപിച്ച് എല്ലാടവും പരന്നുനിൽക്കുന്നു. ഇനി പ്രാണാദി അഞ്ചിന്റെ വർണങ്ങൾ ക്രമമായി പറയപ്പെടുന്നു॥൩൬॥

Academic Translation

Vyāna, pervading, stands always spread throughout all the limbs. Now (are stated) the colors of the five—beginning with prāṇa—in due order.

Verse Context

• Prāṇa (vital forces) as an upāsanā leading toward mokṣa
• Mahavakya: Indirect: prepares the mind for non-dual insight (ātman-brahman identity) by prāṇa-upāsanā; not a direct mahāvākya statement.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)