Verse 12
Mandukya
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अमात्रश्चतुर्थोऽव्यवहार्यः प्रपञ्चोपशमः शिवोऽद्वैत एवम् ओङ्कार आत्मैव संविशत्यात्मनाऽऽत्मानं य एवं वेद ॥१२॥
Padapatha (Word Split)
अ-मात्रः । चतुर्थः । अव्यवहार्यः । प्रपञ्च-उपशमः । शिवः । अद्वैतः । एवम् । ओङ्कारः । आत्मा-एव । संविशति । आत्मना । आत्मानम् । यः । एवम् । वेद ॥१२॥
IAST Transliteration
amātraś caturtho 'vyavahāryaḥ prapañcopaśamaḥ śivo 'dvaita evam oṅkāra ātmā eva saṃviśaty ātmanātmānaṃ ya evaṃ veda ||12||
Translation
நான்காம் நிலை அமாத்திரம், அவ்யவஹாரியம், பிரபஞ்ச-உபசமம், சிவம், அத்வைதம். இவ்வாறு ஓங்காரம் ஆத்மாவே. இவ்வாறு அறிந்தவன் ஆத்மாவால் ஆத்மாவிலேயே பிரவேசிக்கிறான்॥௧௨॥
Academic Translation
The Fourth is without mora, not an object of transaction, the cessation of phenomenal expansion, auspicious, non-dual. Thus the Oṃkāra is the Self indeed. He enters the Self by the Self—whoever thus knows.
Verse Context
Turīya (the Fourth), amātra (soundless), prapañcopaśama (cessation of phenomenalization), Advaita (non-duality)Mahavakya: Directly aligned with ‘Ayam Ātmā Brahma’ (Māṇḍūkya’s central mahāvākya): Oṃ is declared to be Ātman; Turīya is non-dual Brahman/Ātman beyond the three states.AtharvaAtharva-veda (traditionally associated with the Atharvaṇic corpus; specific śākhā not securely attested for Māṇḍūkya) ShakhaChandas: Prose