Verse 24

Kshurika

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्राणायामसुतीक्ष्णेन मात्राधारेण योगवित् । वैराग्योपलघृष्टेन छित्त्वा तं तु न बध्यते ॥२४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

प्राणायाम-सुतीक्ष्णेन । मात्रा-आधारेण । योग-वित् । वैराग्य-उपल-घृष्टेन । छित्त्वा । तम् । तु । न । बध्यते ।

IAST Transliteration

prāṇāyāmasutīkṣṇena mātrādhāreṇa yogavit | vairāgyopalaghṛṣṭena chittvā taṃ tu na badhyate ||24||

Translation

ପ୍ରାଣାୟାମର ଅତିତୀକ୍ଷ୍ଣ ଉପାୟରେ, ମାତ୍ରା-ଆଧାର (ମାପିତ ଶ୍ୱାସ)ର ସହାୟତାରେ, ବୈରାଗ୍ୟର ଶାଣପଥରେ ଘଷି ତୀକ୍ଷ୍ଣ କରି, ଯୋଗବିଦ୍ ସେହି ବନ୍ଧନକୁ ଛେଦିଦେଲେ ପୁଣି ବନ୍ଧିତ ହୁଏନା।

Academic Translation

The knower of yoga, with the very sharp (instrument) of prāṇāyāma, supported by measured units (mātrā-ādhāra), and honed on the whetstone of dispassion, having cut that (bond/obstruction), is not bound.

Verse Context

• Yoga-sādhana leading to bandha-nivṛtti (release from bondage); Vairāgya and prāṇāyāma as auxiliaries to liberation
• Mahavakya: Preparatory (sādhana) relation: prāṇāyāma and vairāgya are treated as mind-purifying supports for mahāvākya-based inquiry/realization rather than the mahāvākya itself.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)