Verse 3

Jaabaal

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथ हैनं ब्रह्मचारिण ऊचुः—किं जप्येनामृतत्वं ब्रूहीति॥ स होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः—शतरुद्रियेण इति; एतान्येव ह वा अमृतस्य नामानि। एतैर्ह वा अमृतो भवतीति—एवमेवैतद्याज्ञवल्क्यः॥३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । ह । एनम् । ब्रह्मचारिणः । ऊचुः । किम् । जप्येन । अमृतत्वम् । ब्रूहि । इति । सः । ह । उवाच । याज्ञवल्क्यः । शत-रुद्रियेण । इति । एतानि । एव । ह । वै । अमृतस्य । नामानि । एतैः । ह । वै । अमृतः । भवति । इति । एवम् एव । एतत् । याज्ञवल्क्यः ॥ ३ ॥

IAST Transliteration

atha hainam brahmacāriṇa ūcuḥ—kiṃ japyenāmṛtatvaṃ brūhīti || sa hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ—śatarudriyeṇa iti; etāny eva ha vā amṛtasya nāmāni | etair ha vā amṛto bhavatīti—evam evaitad yājñavalkyaḥ ||3||

Translation

அப்போது பிரம்மச்சாரிகள் அவரிடம் கூறினர்—‘எந்த ஜபத்தால் அமரத்துவம் கிடைக்கும்? சொல்லுங்கள்.’ யாஜ்ஞவல்க்யர் கூறினார்—‘சதருத்ரிய ஜபத்தால்.’ இவையே அமரனின் நாமங்கள்; இவற்றினாலேயே மனிதன் அமரனாகிறான்—இவ்வாறு யாஜ்ஞவல்க்யர் கூறினார்॥৩॥

Academic Translation

Then the brahmacārins said to him: ‘Tell us—by the repetition of what (japa) does one attain immortality?’ Yājñavalkya replied: ‘By the Śatarudriya.’ These, indeed, are the names of the Immortal; by these, indeed, one becomes immortal—thus (said) Yājñavalkya.

Verse Context

• Amṛtatva through nāma-upāsanā/japa of Rudra as the Immortal (Brahman)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: names and hymns function as upāsanā that culminates in knowledge consonant with ‘prajñānaṃ brahma’ (realization beyond mere recitation) and ‘aham brahmāsmi’ (immortality as identity with Brahman).
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyī) Yajurveda Shakha
• Chandas: Prose (refers to the Śatarudrīya hymn, which is metrical in its own source)