Verse 12

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रथमायां तु मात्रायां यदि प्राणैर्वियुज्यते । भरते वर्षराजासौ सार्वभौमः प्रजायते ॥१२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

प्रथमायाम् । तु । मात्रायाम् । यदि । प्राणैः । वियुज्यते । भरते । वर्ष-राजः । असौ । सार्व-भौमः । प्रजायते ॥

IAST Transliteration

prathamāyāṃ tu mātrāyāṃ yadi prāṇair viyujyate | bharate varṣarājāsau sārvabhaumaḥ prajāyate ||12||

Translation

Jika pada mātrā yang pertama seseorang terpisah daripada nafas-hayat prāṇa (yakni wafat), maka ia akan lahir di Bhārata sebagai raja negeri, seorang maharaja yang berdaulat sejagat.

Academic Translation

If, in the first mātrā, one becomes separated from the vital breaths (i.e., dies), that person is born in Bhārata as a king of the land, a universal sovereign.

Verse Context

• Karma-phala of upāsanā; graded results culminating beyond worldly sovereignty
• Mahavakya: No direct relation; contrasts worldly fruits with the higher non-dual aim implied by mahāvākya-realization.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)