Verse 63

Yogatattva

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ततो रहस्युपाविष्टः प्रणवं प्लुतमात्रया । जपेत् पूर्वार्जितानां तु पापानां नाशहेतवे ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ततः । रहसि । उपाविष्टः । प्रणवम् । प्लुत-मात्रया । जपेत् । पूर्व-अर्जितानाम् । तु । पापानाम् । नाश-हेतवे ॥

IAST Transliteration

tato rahasyupāviṣṭaḥ praṇavaṃ plutamātrayā | japet pūrvārjitānāṃ tu pāpānāṃ nāśahetave ||

Translation

پھر تنہائی میں بیٹھ کر وہ پرنَو (اوم) کا جپ پلُت ماترا کے ساتھ، یعنی کھینچ کر کرے، تاکہ پہلے سے جمع شدہ پاپوں کا نِشے (نابودی) ہو جائے۔

Academic Translation

Then, seated in a secluded place, he should repeat the Praṇava (Oṃ) with a prolonged measure (pluta), for the purpose of destroying sins accumulated previously.

Verse Context

• Praṇava (Oṃ) upāsanā; purification (citta-śuddhi) as preparation for mokṣa
• Mahavakya: Indirect support: Praṇava-upāsanā is a traditional aid to realizing the import of mahāvākyas (identity of Ātman and Brahman), though no single mahāvākya is explicitly cited here.
• Krishna Yajurveda
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)