Verse 23

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधो दृष्टिं विहाय च महामतिः । स्थिरस्थायी विनिष्कम्पः सदा योगं समभ्यसेत् ॥२३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तिर्यक् । ऊर्ध्वम् । अधः । दृष्टिम् । विहाय । च । महा-मतिः । स्थिर-स्थायी । विनिष्कम्पः । सदा । योगम् । समभ्यसेत् ॥

IAST Transliteration

tiryag ūrdhvam adho dṛṣṭiṃ vihāya ca mahāmatiḥ | sthirasthāyī viniṣkampaḥ sadā yogaṃ samabhyaset ||23||

Translation

Dengan meninggalkan pandangan ke sisi, ke atas dan ke bawah, orang yang berjiwa agung—teguh, berdiam mantap, tanpa getaran—hendaklah sentiasa mengamalkan yoga.

Academic Translation

Abandoning the gaze to the side, upward, and downward, the great-minded one—steadfast, abiding, and without tremor—should always practice yoga.

Verse Context

• Pratyāhāra and ekāgratā (sense-withdrawal and one-pointedness)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: steadiness and withdrawal support nididhyāsana on mahāvākyas; not a direct mahāvākya link.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)