Shloka 14

Adhyaya 73 — त्रिपुरदाहे ब्रह्मस्तवः

Brahmā’s Hymn in the Context of Tripura’s Burning

Devanagari script

ततश्चौंकारम् उच्चार्य प्राणापानौ नियम्य च ज्ञानामृतेन सर्वाङ्गान्य् आपूर्य प्रणवेन च

Transliteration

tataścauṃkāram uccārya prāṇāpānau niyamya ca jñānāmṛtena sarvāṅgāny āpūrya praṇavena ca

Translation

ततश्चौंकारमुच्चार्य प्राणापानौ नियम्य च। ज्ञानामृतेन सर्वाङ्गान्यापूर्य प्रणवेन च॥

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter

• ca: and

• oṃkāram (auṃkāram): the syllable Oṃ (Pranava)

• uccārya: having uttered/recited aloud

• prāṇa: the incoming vital breath

• apāna: the outgoing vital breath

• niyamya: having restrained/regulated

• jñāna-amṛtena: with the nectar of knowledge (liberating gnosis)

• sarva-aṅgāni: all limbs/all parts of the body

• āpūrya: having filled/pervaded

• praṇavena: by/through the Pranava (Oṃ)

• ca: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a yogic/ritual instruction embedded in the Linga Purana’s teaching stream)