Verse 12
Mandukya
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अमात्रश्चतुर्थोऽव्यवहार्यः प्रपञ्चोपशमः शिवोऽद्वैत एवम् ओङ्कार आत्मैव संविशत्यात्मनाऽऽत्मानं य एवं वेद ॥१२॥
Padapatha (Word Split)
अ-मात्रः । चतुर्थः । अव्यवहार्यः । प्रपञ्च-उपशमः । शिवः । अद्वैतः । एवम् । ओङ्कारः । आत्मा-एव । संविशति । आत्मना । आत्मानम् । यः । एवम् । वेद ॥१२॥
IAST Transliteration
amātraś caturtho 'vyavahāryaḥ prapañcopaśamaḥ śivo 'dvaita evam oṅkāra ātmā eva saṃviśaty ātmanātmānaṃ ya evaṃ veda ||12||
Translation
ଚତୁର୍ଥ ଅମାତ୍ର—ମାତ୍ରାବିହୀନ; ଅବ୍ୟବହାର୍ୟ, ପ୍ରପଞ୍ଚୋପଶମ, ଶିବ (ମଙ୍ଗଳମୟ), ଅଦ୍ୱୈତ। ଏହିପରି ଓଂକାର ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଆତ୍ମା। ଯେ ଏପରି ଜାଣେ, ସେ ଆତ୍ମା ଦ୍ୱାରା ଆତ୍ମାରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରେ।
Academic Translation
The Fourth is without mora, not an object of transaction, the cessation of phenomenal expansion, auspicious, non-dual. Thus the Oṃkāra is the Self indeed. He enters the Self by the Self—whoever thus knows.
Verse Context
Turīya (the Fourth), amātra (soundless), prapañcopaśama (cessation of phenomenalization), Advaita (non-duality)Mahavakya: Directly aligned with ‘Ayam Ātmā Brahma’ (Māṇḍūkya’s central mahāvākya): Oṃ is declared to be Ātman; Turīya is non-dual Brahman/Ātman beyond the three states.AtharvaAtharva-veda (traditionally associated with the Atharvaṇic corpus; specific śākhā not securely attested for Māṇḍūkya) ShakhaChandas: Prose