The Upaniṣads / Kaṭha / 6.16 A hundred and one
6.16
शतं चैका च हृदयस्य नाड्यस् तासां मूर्धानमभिनिःसृतैका ।
तयोर्ध्वमायन्नमृतत्वमेति विष्वङ्ङन्या उत्क्रमणे भवन्ति śataṃ caikā ca hṛdayasya nāḍyas tāsāṃ mūrdhānam abhiniḥsṛtaikā |
tayordhvam āyann amṛtatvam eti viṣvaṅṅ anyā utkramaṇe bhavanti
The line
A hundred and one are the channels of the heart. Of them, one has issued to the crown of the head. Going upward by that, one reaches deathlessness. The others are for going out in every direction.
नेपालीमा
हृदयका नाडी एक सय एक छन्, तिनीहरूमध्ये एउटा टाउकाको टुप्पोसम्म निस्केको छ। त्यसबाट माथि गएर मानिस अमरत्वमा पुग्छ, र अरू सबै दिशामा निस्कनका लागि हुन्।
Where it sits
The count is in the mantra: one hundred and one, of which one rises. The sitting does not add a further anatomy.
Split: śatam ca ekā ca (शतम् च एका च) + hṛdayasya nāḍyaḥ (हृदयस्य नाड्यः) + tāsām (तासाम्) + mūrdhānam abhiniḥsṛtā ekā (मूर्धानमभिनिःसृता एका) + tayā ūrdhvam āyan (तया ऊर्ध्वमायन्) + amṛtatvam eti (अमृतत्वमेति) + viṣvak anyāḥ (विष्वकन्याः) + utkramaṇe bhavanti (उत्क्रमणे भवन्ति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śatam ca ekā ca (शतम् च एका च) | a hundred, and one | Heard śataṃ caikā ca (शतं चैका च). |
| hṛdayasya nāḍyaḥ (हृदयस्य नाड्यः) | the channels of the heart | Nominative plural. Heard nāḍyas (नाड्य). |
| tāsām (तासाम्) | genitive plural | Of them. Heard tāsām (तासाम्). |
| mūrdhānam abhiniḥsṛtā ekā (मूर्धानमभिनिःसृता एका) | one has gone out to the crown | Heard abhiniḥsṛtaikā (अभिनिःसृतैका). |
| tayā ūrdhvam āyan (तया ऊर्ध्वमायन्) | going up by that | Heard tayordhvam āyann (तयोर्ध्वमायन्न्). |
| amṛtatvam eti (अमृतत्वमेति) | he goes to deathlessness | Heard amṛtatvam eti (अमृतत्वमेति). |
| viṣvak anyāḥ (विष्वकन्याः) | the others, in all directions | Heard viṣvaṅ anyāḥ (विष्वङन्याः), this pāṭha (पाठ) viṣvaṅṅ anyā (विष्वङ्ङन्या). |
| utkramaṇe bhavanti (उत्क्रमणे भवन्ति) | they are for the going out | Locative. |
The phrases
A hundred and one channels. One goes to the crown. By that, going up, he reaches deathlessness. The others lead every way at the departure.
Sanskrit in this line
Śatam ca ekā (शतम् च एका) is śataṃ caikā (शतं चैका). Tayā ūrdhvam (तया ऊर्ध्वम्) is tayordhvam (तयोर्ध्वम्).
Say it back
Say how many channels, and which one leads up.