trāyate hainaṃ prāṇaḥ kṣaṇitoḥ | pra kṣatram atram āpnoti | kṣatrasya sāyujyaṃ salokatāṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda ||
4. Next follows the Kshatra. Verily, breath is the Kshatra, for breath is Kshatra, i.e. breath protects (trâyate) him from being hurt (kshanitoh). He who knows this, obtains Kshatra (power), which requires no protection; he obtains union and oneness with Kshatra.
taṃ prāṇaṃ kṣattramityupāsīta | prāṇau vai kṣattraṃ prasiddhametatprāṇo hi vai kṣattram | kathaṃ prasiddhametatprāṇo hi vai kṣattram |
kathaṃ prasiddhatetyāha-trāyate pālayatyenaṃ piṇḍaṃ dehaṃ prāṇaḥ kṣaṇitoḥ śasrādihiṃsitātpunarmāṃsenā'pūrayati yasmāttasmātkṣatatrāṇātprasiddhaṃ kṣattratvaṃ prāṇasya |
vidvatphalamāha-pra kṣattramatraṃ na trāyate 'nyena kenacidityatraṃ kṣattraṃ prāṇaṃ prāpnotītyarthaḥ |
śākhāntare vā pāṭhātkṣattramātraṃ prāṇo bhavatītyarthaḥ |
kṣattrasya sāyujyaṃ salokatāṃ jayati ya evaṃ veda || 4 ||
iti śrīmadbṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣye pañcamādhyāyasya trayodaśaṃ brāhmaṇam || 13 ||
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 5,13.4;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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