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Devyatharvaśīrṣam

Atharvaveda

Verses
26
Minutes
20
Level
advanced

Verse 19

Verse 19

एवमेकाक्षरं ब्रह्म यतयः शुद्धचेतसः। ध्यायन्ति परमानन्दमया ज्ञानाम्बुराशयः ॥ १९ ॥

ēvamēkākṣaraṁ brahma yatayaḥ śuddhacētasaḥ | dhyāyanti paramānandamayā jñānāmburāśayaḥ || 19 ||

Translation

Thus ascetics of pure mind, full of supreme bliss, oceans of knowledge, meditate on this single-syllabled Brahman.

Word by word

ēvam
thus
ēkākṣaram
single-syllabled
brahma
Brahman
yatayaḥ
ascetics
śuddhacētasaḥ
of pure mind
dhyāyanti
meditate on
paramānandamayāḥ
full of supreme bliss
jñānāmburāśayaḥ
oceans of knowledge

Meaning

The one syllable contains the whole of Brahman. Those who meditate on it are described by what the meditation gives them: purity, bliss and knowledge.