Shloka 48

अध्याय 91: अरिष्ट-लक्षण, मृत्यु-संस्कार, पाशुपत-धारणा तथा ओङ्कार-उपासना

Devanagari script

पिपीलिकागतिस्पर्शा प्रयुक्ता मूर्ध्नि लक्ष्यते यथा प्रयुक्त ओङ्कारः प्रतिनिर्याति मूर्धनि

Transliteration

pipīlikāgatisparśā prayuktā mūrdhni lakṣyate yathā prayukta oṅkāraḥ pratiniryāti mūrdhani

Translation

Apabila diamalkan dengan tepat, terasa seakan sentuhan gerak semut pada ubun-ubun; demikian juga, apabila Oṁkāra yang suci dilafazkan dengan benar, ia naik kembali dan memancar dari ubun-ubun—menandakan haluan prāṇa yang mendaki menuju Śiva, Sang Pati.

Word by Word

• pipīlikā: ant

• gati: movement

• sparśā: touch/sensation

• prayuktā: properly applied/engaged

• mūrdhni: at the crown of the head

• lakṣyate: is perceived/observed

• yathā: just as

• prayuktaḥ: properly employed/uttered

• oṅkāraḥ: the syllable Oṁ (Praṇava)

• pratiniryāti: goes forth/returns upward/emanates

• mūrdhani: at the crown (brahmarandhra)

Speaker

Suta Goswami