Verse 63

Yogatattva

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ततो रहस्युपाविष्टः प्रणवं प्लुतमात्रया । जपेत् पूर्वार्जितानां तु पापानां नाशहेतवे ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ततः । रहसि । उपाविष्टः । प्रणवम् । प्लुत-मात्रया । जपेत् । पूर्व-अर्जितानाम् । तु । पापानाम् । नाश-हेतवे ॥

IAST Transliteration

tato rahasyupāviṣṭaḥ praṇavaṃ plutamātrayā | japet pūrvārjitānāṃ tu pāpānāṃ nāśahetave ||

Translation

ततः रहसि उपाविष्टः प्रणवं प्लुतमात्रया जपेत्। पूर्वार्जितपापानां नाशहेतवे सः एवं कुर्यात्॥

Academic Translation

Then, seated in a secluded place, he should repeat the Praṇava (Oṃ) with a prolonged measure (pluta), for the purpose of destroying sins accumulated previously.

Verse Context

• Praṇava (Oṃ) upāsanā; purification (citta-śuddhi) as preparation for mokṣa
• Mahavakya: Indirect support: Praṇava-upāsanā is a traditional aid to realizing the import of mahāvākyas (identity of Ātman and Brahman), though no single mahāvākya is explicitly cited here.
• Krishna Yajurveda
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)