Verse 20

Sita

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्रियाशक्तिस्वरूपं हरेर्मुखान्नादः । तन्नादाद्बिन्दुः । बिन्दोरोङ्कारः । ओङ्कारात्परतो राम वैखानसपर्वतः । तत्पर्वते कर्मज्ञानमयीभिर्बहुशाखा भवन्ति॥२०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

क्रिया-शक्ति-स्वरूपम् । हरेः । मुखात् । नादः । तत्-नादात् । बिन्दुः । बिन्दोः । ओङ्कारः । ओङ्कारात् । परतः । राम । वैखानस-पर्वतः । तत्-पर्वते । कर्म-ज्ञान-मयीभिः । बहु-शाखाः । भवन्ति ॥२०॥

IAST Transliteration

kriyāśakti-svarūpaṃ harer mukhān nādaḥ | tan-nādād binduḥ | bindor oṅkāraḥ | oṅkārāt parato rāma vaikhānasa-parvataḥ | tat-parvate karma-jñāna-mayībhir bahu-śākhā bhavanti ||20||

Translation

ਹਰੀ ਦੇ ਮੁਖ ਤੋਂ ਕ੍ਰਿਆ-ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਸਰੂਪ ਨਾਦ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ; ਉਸ ਨਾਦ ਤੋਂ ਬਿੰਦੂ, ਬਿੰਦੂ ਤੋਂ ਓਂਕਾਰ ਜਨਮ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਓਂਕਾਰ ਤੋਂ ਪਰੇ, ਹੇ ਰਾਮ, ਵੈਖਾਨਸ ਪਰਬਤ ਹੈ; ਉਸ ਪਰਬਤ ਉੱਤੇ ਕਰਮ ਅਤੇ ਗਿਆਨਮਈ ਅਨੇਕ ਸ਼ਾਖਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੁੰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ॥੨੦॥

Academic Translation

From the mouth of Hari (arises) nāda, whose nature is the power of action. From that nāda (arises) bindu; from bindu, Oṅkāra. Beyond Oṅkāra, O Rāma, is the Vaikhānasa mountain; on that mountain there come to be many branches consisting of action and knowledge.

Verse Context

• Nāda–Bindu–Oṃ genesis; Śabda as creative principle; Karma–Jñāna synthesis
• Mahavakya: Indirect: Oṅkāra as pointer to Brahman (supports mahāvākya realization such as ‘prajnānam brahma’ by leading mind to the source of consciousness)
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose