Verse 34

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अशीतिश्च शतं चैव सहस्राणि त्रयोदश । लक्षश्चैकोननिःश्वास अहोरात्रप्रमाणतः ॥३४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अशीतिः । च । शतम् । च । एव । सहस्राणि । त्रयोदश । लक्षः । च । एक-ऊन-निःश्वासः । अहो-रात्र-प्रमाणतः ॥

IAST Transliteration

aśītiś ca śataṃ caiva sahasrāṇi trayodaśa | lakṣaś caikonaniḥśvāsa ahorātrapramāṇataḥ ||34||

Translation

ஒரு நாள்-இரவு அளவின்படி—எண்பது மற்றும் நூறு, மேலும் பதிமூன்று ஆயிரம்; மேலும் ஒரு இலட்சத்தில் ஒன்று குறைந்த நிச்வாசங்கள் (சுவாச எண்ணிக்கை) உண்டு.

Academic Translation

Eighty and a hundred, and thirteen thousand; and one lakh minus one exhalations—according to the measure of a day and night.

Verse Context

• Prāṇa as life-process; saṃkhyā (enumeration) for mindfulness and discipline
• Mahavakya: Indirect: encourages disidentification from bodily processes by seeing breath as countable activity, preparing for Self-knowledge.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)