Verse 6

Parabrahma

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सशिखं वपनं कृत्वा बहिःसूत्रं त्यजेद्बुधः । यदक्षरं परंब्रह्म तत्सूत्रमिति धारयेत् ॥६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

स-शिखम् । वपनम् । कृत्वा । बहिः-सूत्रम् । त्यजेत् । बुधः । यत् । अक्षरम् । परम्-ब्रह्म । तत् । सूत्रम् । इति । धारयेत् ॥६॥

IAST Transliteration

saśikhaṃ vapanaṃ kṛtvā bahiḥsūtraṃ tyajed budhaḥ | yad akṣaraṃ paraṃbrahma tatsūtram iti dhārayet ||6||

Translation

ஷிகையுடன் மொட்டையடித்து, ஞானி வெளிப்புற உபவீதத்தைத் துறக்க வேண்டும். அక్షரமான பரபிரம்மமே உண்மையான ‘சூத்திரம்’ என்று உறுதியாகக் கொள்ள வேண்டும்॥

Academic Translation

Having shaved (the head) leaving the tuft, the wise one should abandon the external thread; he should hold (as his conviction) that the imperishable Supreme Brahman itself is the thread.

Verse Context

• Saṃnyāsa internalization; akṣara-brahman as true ‘sūtra’ (inner support)
• Mahavakya: Aligned with ‘prajnānaṃ brahma’ insofar as Brahman is taken as the inner sustaining principle rather than an external marker; indirectly supports aikya by relocating sanctity to consciousness/Brahman.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)