Verse 5

Brahmavidya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यजुर्वेदोऽन्तरिक्षं च दक्षिणाग्निस् तथैव च । विष्णुश् च भगवान् देव उकारः परिकीर्तितः ॥५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यजुः-वेदः । अन्तरिक्षम् । च । दक्षिण-अग्निः । तथा-एव । च । विष्णुः । च । भगवान् । देवः । उ-कारः । परिकीर्तितः ॥ ५ ॥

IAST Transliteration

yajurvedo 'ntarikṣaṃ ca dakṣiṇāgnis tathaiva ca | viṣṇuś ca bhagavān deva ukāraḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||5||

Translation

ยชุรเวท อันตรักษะคือห้วงอากาศ และไฟทักษิณาคนิด้วย ทั้งพระวิษณุผู้เป็นภควาน เทวะผู้ประเสริฐ—ล้วนประกาศว่าเป็นเสียง ‘อุ’ (U)

Academic Translation

The Yajurveda, the midspace (atmosphere), and likewise the Dakṣiṇāgni; and Viṣṇu, the Blessed Lord, the god—these are proclaimed as the sound ‘U’.

Verse Context

• Pratīka-upāsanā: ‘U’ (ukāra) as sustaining/mediating principle mapped to cosmic and ritual domains
• Mahavakya: Indirect—symbolic contemplation preparing the mind for nondual insight; no explicit mahāvākya
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)