Verse 15

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

षष्ठ्यामिन्द्रस्य सायुज्यं सप्तम्यां वैष्णवं पदम् । अष्टम्यां व्रजते रुद्रं पशूनां च पतिं तथा ॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

षष्ठ्याम् । इन्द्रस्य । सायुज्यम् । सप्तम्याम् । वैष्णवम् । पदम् । अष्टम्याम् । व्रजते । रुद्रम् । पशूनाम् । च । पतिम् । तथा ॥१५॥

IAST Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhyām indrasya sāyujyaṃ saptamyāṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ padam | aṣṭamyāṃ vrajate rudraṃ paśūnāṃ ca patiṃ tathā ||15||

Translation

وفي الماترا السادسة ينال سَيوجْيَةَ إندرا (الاتحاد به)؛ وفي السابعة يبلغ المقام الفيشْنَوي. وفي الثامنة يمضي إلى رودرا، وكذلك إلى ربّ الكائنات، باشوبتي.

Academic Translation

In the sixth (mātrā) (he attains) union with Indra; in the seventh, the Vaiṣṇava station. In the eighth, he goes to Rudra, and likewise to the Lord of beings (Paśupati).

Verse Context

• Hierarchy of lokas/sāyujya through upāsanā; distinction between īśvara-loka attainments and final non-dual liberation
• Mahavakya: Indirect: ‘Vaiṣṇavaṃ padam’ can be read as a theistic ‘supreme abode,’ yet Vedānta ultimately resolves all such attainments into brahmajñāna per mahāvākyas (e.g., ‘aham brahmāsmi’) for absolute freedom.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)