"ओँ तत्सत्" मन्त्र माहात्म्यम्The greatness of the mantra oṁ tat sat
Verse 163
जपादस्य भवेत् सिद्धो मुक्तः स्यादर्थचिन्तनात् । साक्षाद् ब्रह्मसमो देही सार्थमेनं जपन् मनुम् ॥ १६३ ॥
japādasya bhavēt siddhō muktaḥ syādarthacintanāt | sākṣād brahmasamō dēhī sārthamēnaṁ japan manum || 163 ||
Translation
By its japa one becomes perfected; by thinking on its meaning one is free. An embodied being who repeats this mantra with its meaning is equal to Brahman before one's eyes.
Word by word
- japād
- (japāt) by japa
- asya
- its
- bhavēt
- becomes
- siddhō
- (siddhaḥ) perfected
- muktaḥ
- free
- syād
- (syāt) is
- artha
- on the meaning
- cintanāt
- by thinking
- sākṣād
- (sākṣāt) before the eyes
- brahma
- Brahman
- samō
- (samaḥ) equal to
- dēhī
- an embodied being
- sārtham
- with the meaning
- ēnaṁ
- this
- japan
- repeating
- manum
- the mantra
Meaning
A graded promise. Repetition gives siddhi, reflection gives liberation, and the two together make the person a visible Brahman. Its meaning has been the subject of this chapter since verse 113.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 161.