Verse 12

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत्क्षिप्य वायुमाकाशं शून्यं कृत्वा निरात्मकम् । शून्यभावेन युञ्जीयाद्रेचकस्येति लक्षणम् ॥१२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

उत्क्षिप्य । वायुम् । आकाशम् । शून्यम् । कृत्वा । निरात्मकम् । शून्य-भावेन । युञ्जीयात् । रेचकस्य । इति । लक्षणम् ॥

IAST Transliteration

utkṣipya vāyum ākāśaṃ śūnyaṃ kṛtvā nirātmakam | śūnya-bhāvena yuñjīyād recakasye ti lakṣaṇam ||12||

Translation

காற்றை வெளியேற்றிக் கொண்டு, வெளி (ஆகாசம்) யை வெறுமையாகவும் அகந்தையற்றதாகவும் ஆக்கி; வெறுமை-பாவத்தால் மனத்தை இணைக்க வேண்டும்—இதுவே ரேசகத்தின் இலக்கணம்.

Academic Translation

Having expelled the air, making the space empty and without (sense of) self, one should apply (the mind) with the notion of emptiness—this is the characteristic of exhalation (recaka).

Verse Context

• Vairāgya / Śūnyatā as a meditative aid (disidentification from body-mind)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: cultivates disidentification (neti-neti orientation) that supports insight into ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ by loosening egoic grasping.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)