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

O Quarto é sem mora, inapreensível às transações, a cessação da expansão fenomênica, auspicioso, não-dual. Assim, o Oṃkāra é o próprio Ātman. Ele entra no Si pelo Si — aquele que assim sabe.

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.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (traditionally associated with the Atharvaṇic corpus; specific śākhā not securely attested for Māṇḍūkya) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose