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Verse 11

Naadbindu

घोषिणी प्रथमा मात्रा विद्युन्मात्रा तथाऽपरा । पतङ्गिनी तृतीया स्याच्चतुर्थी वायुवेगिनी ॥ पञ्चमी नामधेया तु षष्ठी चैन्द्र्यभिधीयते । सप्तमी वैष्णवी नाम अष्टमी शाङ्करीति च ॥ नवमी महती नाम धृतिस्तु दशमी मता । एकादशी भवेन्नारी ब्राह्मी तु द्वादशी परा ॥

घोषिणी । प्रथमा । मात्रा । विद्युत्-मात्रा । तथा । अपरा । पतङ्गिनी । तृतीया । स्यात् । चतुर्थी । वायु-वेगिनी ॥ पञ्चमी । नामधेया । तु । षष्ठी । चैन्द्र्य्-अभिधीयते । सप्तमी । वैष्णवी । नाम । अष्टमी । शाङ्करी । इति । च ॥ नवमी । महती । नाम । धृतिः । तु । दशमी । मता । एकादशी । भवेत् । नारी । ब्राह्मी । तु । द्वादशी । परा ॥

ghoṣiṇī prathamā mātrā vidyunmātrā tathā’parā | pataṅginī tṛtīyā syāc caturthī vāyuveginī || pañcamī nāmadheyā tu ṣaṣṭhī caindry abhidhīyate | saptamī vaiṣṇavī nāma aṣṭamī śāṅkarīti ca || navamī mahatī nāma dhṛtis tu daśamī matā | ekādaśī bhaven nārī brāhmī tu dvādaśī parā ||

প্রথম মাত্রার নাম ‘ঘোষিণী’; পরেরটি ‘বিদ্যুন্মাত্রা’। তৃতীয়টি ‘পতঙ্গিনী’ এবং চতুর্থটি ‘বায়ুবেগিনী’ বলা হয়। পঞ্চমটি ‘নামধেয়া’, ষষ্ঠটি ‘চৈন্দ্রী’ নামে অভিহিত। সপ্তমটি ‘বৈষ্ণবী’, অষ্টমটি ‘শাঙ্করী’। নবমটি ‘মহতী’, দশমটি ‘ধৃতি’ বলে মান্য। একাদশটি ‘নারী’, আর দ্বাদশটি পরম ‘ব্রাহ্মী’।

The first mātrā is called Ghoṣiṇī; the next is called Vidyunmātrā. The third is said to be Pataṅginī; the fourth, Vāyuveginī. The fifth is named Nāmadheyā; the sixth is called Caindrī. The seventh is named Vaiṣṇavī; the eighth, Śāṅkarī. The ninth is named Mahatī; the tenth is considered Dhṛti. The eleventh is Nārī; and the twelfth is the supreme Brāhmī.

Upāsanā on nāda leading to laya (mind-dissolution) and BrahmanMahavakya: Indirect: provides a meditative methodology supportive of mahāvākya-realization; not a direct mahāvākya statement.AtharvaChandas: Mixed/irregular anuṣṭubh-like śloka (later Upaniṣadic metrical style)