Verse 38

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

समानस्तु द्वयोर्मध्ये गोक्षीरधवलप्रभः । आपाण्डर उदानश्च व्यानो ह्यर्चिस्समप्रभः ॥३८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

समानः । तु । द्वयोः । मध्ये । गो-क्षीर-धवल-प्रभः । आ-पाण्डरः । उदानः । च । व्यानः । हि । अर्चिस्-सम-प्रभः ॥

IAST Transliteration

samānastu dvayor madhye gokṣīradhavalaprabhaḥ | āpāṇḍara udānaśca vyāno hy arcissamaprabhaḥ ||38||

Translation

சமானன் அந்த இரண்டிற்கும் நடுவில் பசும்பால்போன்ற வெண்மையான ஒளியுடையவன். உதானன் வெளிறிய நிறமுடையவன்; வ்யானன் தீச்சுடர்போன்ற பிரகாசமுடையவன்॥௩௮॥

Academic Translation

Samāna, in the middle of the two, has a luster white like cow’s milk. Udāna is pale; and vyāna indeed has a radiance like flame.

Verse Context

• Prāṇa-vāyu differentiation and integration (samāna as harmonizer)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: yogic purification and concentration as proximate aids (sādhana-catuṣṭaya support) to mahāvākya realization.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)