Verse 6

Parabrahma

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सशिखं वपनं कृत्वा बहिःसूत्रं त्यजेद्बुधः । यदक्षरं परंब्रह्म तत्सूत्रमिति धारयेत् ॥६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

स-शिखम् । वपनम् । कृत्वा । बहिः-सूत्रम् । त्यजेत् । बुधः । यत् । अक्षरम् । परम्-ब्रह्म । तत् । सूत्रम् । इति । धारयेत् ॥६॥

IAST Transliteration

saśikhaṃ vapanaṃ kṛtvā bahiḥsūtraṃ tyajed budhaḥ | yad akṣaraṃ paraṃbrahma tatsūtram iti dhārayet ||6||

Translation

ശിഖ നിലനിർത്തി മുണ്ഡനം ചെയ്ത് ജ്ഞാനി പുറത്തെ സൂത്രം (യജ്ഞോപവീതം) ഉപേക്ഷിക്കണം. അക്ഷരമായ പരബ്രഹ്മം തന്നെയാണ് യഥാർത്ഥ സൂത്രമെന്ന് ദൃഢമായി ധരിക്കണം ॥൬॥

Academic Translation

Having shaved (the head) leaving the tuft, the wise one should abandon the external thread; he should hold (as his conviction) that the imperishable Supreme Brahman itself is the thread.

Verse Context

• Saṃnyāsa internalization; akṣara-brahman as true ‘sūtra’ (inner support)
• Mahavakya: Aligned with ‘prajnānaṃ brahma’ insofar as Brahman is taken as the inner sustaining principle rather than an external marker; indirectly supports aikya by relocating sanctity to consciousness/Brahman.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)