Shloka 49

अध्याय 91: अरिष्ट-लक्षण, मृत्यु-संस्कार, पाशुपत-धारणा तथा ओङ्कार-उपासना

Devanagari script

तथौंकारमयो योगी त्व् अक्षरी त्वक्षरी भवेत् प्रणवो धनुः शरो ह्यात्मा ब्रह्मलक्षणमुच्यते

Transliteration

tathauṃkāramayo yogī tv akṣarī tvakṣarī bhavet praṇavo dhanuḥ śaro hyātmā brahmalakṣaṇamucyate

Translation

Kaya nga, ang yogin na nahuhubog ng banal na pantig na Oṁ ay napapagtibay sa Di-Nasisira. Ang Praṇava ang sinasabing busog, at ang Sarili (Ātman) ang palaso—ito ang ipinahahayag na tanda ng Brahman.

Word by Word

• tathā: thus

• auṃkāra-mayaḥ: constituted of Oṁ (Praṇava)

• yogī: yogin

• tu: indeed

• akṣarī: one established in the Imperishable (Akṣara)

• akṣarī bhavet: becomes/attains the state of Akṣara

• praṇavaḥ: the Praṇava (Oṁ)

• dhanuḥ: bow

• śaraḥ: arrow

• hi: indeed

• ātmā: the Self (inner consciousness)

• brahma-lakṣaṇam: the characteristic/mark of Brahman

• ucyate: is said/declared

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching as part of the Linga Purana discourse)