Verse 14

Skanda

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद्विष्णोः परमं पदं सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयः । दिवीव चक्षुराततम् ॥१४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तत् । विष्णोः । परम् । पदम् । सदा । पश्यन्ति । सूरयः । दिवि-इव । चक्षुः । आततम् ॥१४॥

IAST Transliteration

tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ | divīva cakṣur ātatam ||14||

Translation

ਵਿਸ਼ਨੂ ਦਾ ਉਹ ਪਰਮ ਪਦ ਸੂਰਿ-ਜਨ ਸਦਾ ਵੇਖਦੇ ਹਨ—ਜਿਵੇਂ ਆਕਾਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਾਣਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਨੇਤਰ।

Academic Translation

That highest station of Viṣṇu the seers always behold—like an eye stretched out in heaven.

Verse Context

• Paramapada (supreme state/abode) as mokṣa; contemplative vision of the Highest
• Mahavakya: Indirect: aligns with ‘prajñānaṃ brahma’ insofar as the ‘seeing’ (paśyanti) of the wise indicates awakened knowledge of the supreme reality.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Triṣṭubh (source verse known from Ṛgveda 1.22.20; often treated as triṣṭubh in Vedic metrics).