Verse 17

Parabrahma

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इदं यज्ञोपवीतं तु परमं यत्परायणम् । विद्वान् यज्ञोपवीती संधारयेद्यः स मुक्तिभाक् ॥१७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

इदम् । यज्ञ-उपवीतम् । तु । परम् । यत्-परायणम् । विद्वान् । यज्ञ-उपवीती । संधारयेत् । यः । सः । मुक्ति-भाक् ॥१७॥

IAST Transliteration

idaṃ yajñopavītaṃ tu paramaṃ yatparāyaṇam | vidvān yajñopavītī saṃdhārayed yaḥ sa muktibhāk ||17||

Translation

ยัชโญปวีตะนี้เป็นสิ่งสูงสุด เพราะมีพระพรหมันเป็นที่พึ่งสุดท้าย ผู้รู้ผู้สวมยัชโญปวีตะนี้ ย่อมเป็นผู้มีส่วนในโมกษะ คือความหลุดพ้น

Academic Translation

But this yajñopavīta is supreme—having That (Brahman) as its final resort. The knower who bears the yajñopavīta—he is a partaker of liberation.

Verse Context

• Mokṣa through Brahma-jñāna; Brahman as parāyaṇa (ultimate refuge)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: ‘That as the final resort’ presupposes realization of identity with Brahman (purport consonant with ‘tat tvam asi’/‘ayam ātmā brahma’).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)