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

剃发而留髻之后，智者当舍弃外在圣绳；并当执持：不坏的至上梵（Parabrahman）本身即是真正之“绳”。

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)