Verse 10

Akshamalika

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथोवाच ये ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्रास्तेभ्यः सगुणेभ्यः ॐ नमः । तद्वीर्यमस्याः प्रतिष्ठापयति ॥१०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । उवाच । ये । ब्रह्म-विष्णु-रुद्राः । तेभ्यः । स-गुणेभ्यः । ॐ । नमः । तत्-वीर्यम् । अस्याः । प्रतिष्ठापयति ।

IAST Transliteration

atho uvāca ye brahma-viṣṇu-rudrās tebhyaḥ sa-guṇebhyaḥ oṃ namaḥ | tad-vīryam asyāḥ pratiṣṭhāpayati ||10||

Translation

ତେବେ ସେ କହିଲେ—ବ୍ରହ୍ମା, ବିଷ୍ଣୁ ଓ ରୁଦ୍ର—ସଗୁଣ ସ୍ୱରୂପ ଧାରୀ ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ‘ଓଁ’ ସହ ନମସ୍କାର। ସେମାନଙ୍କର ବୀର୍ୟ (ତେଜ) ଏହାକୁ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାପିତ କରେ।

Academic Translation

Then he said: ‘To Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra—to them, possessed of attributes, Oṃ, reverence. Their vigor (vīrya) establishes (consecrates) this (rosary).’

Verse Context

• Saguṇa Brahman / Īśvara-upāsanā as support for sādhana
• Mahavakya: Indirect: acknowledges saguṇa (qualified) divinity within practice; mahāvākyas point beyond to nirguṇa Brahman as the final purport in Advaita readings.
• Atharva
• Atharva (late/sectarian; exact śākhā not securely attested) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose