Shloka 7
Adhyaya 42 — Origin of Species
तथोङ्कारमयो योगी त्वक्षरे त्वक्षरो भवेत् ।
प्राणो धनुः शरो ह्यात्मा ब्रह्म वेध्यमनुत्तमम् ॥
tathoṅkāramayo yogī tvakṣare tvakṣaro bhavet /
prāṇo dhanuḥ śaro hyātmā brahma vedhyamanuttamam
एवं योगी ओंमयः सन् अक्षरेऽव्यये निश्चलः भवति। प्राणो धनुः, आत्मा शरः, ब्रह्म परमं लक्ष्यं वेध्यं च॥
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FAQs
Practice is framed as purposeful concentration: harness prāṇa, refine the self, and aim unwaveringly at Brahman—teaching disciplined intention rather than scattered religiosity.
Not a genealogical/cosmological unit; it is mokṣa-oriented instruction (dharma/upāsanā) embedded in Purāṇic discourse.
The bow-arrow-target triad encodes prāṇāyāma + mantra + samādhi: prāṇa steadies the ‘weapon’, ātman becomes one-pointed, and Brahman is ‘pierced’ as direct realization (aparokṣa-anubhava).