Verse 23

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

देहादीनामसत्त्वात्तु यथा स्वप्नो विबोधतः । कर्म जन्मान्तरीयं यत्प्रारब्धमिति कीर्तितम् ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

देह-आदीनाम् । असत्त्वात् । तु । यथा । स्वप्नः । विबोधतः । कर्म । जन्म-अन्तरीयम् । यत् । प्रारब्धम् । इति । कीर्तितम् ॥

IAST Transliteration

dehādīnām asattvāt tu yathā svapno vibodhataḥ | karma janmāntarīyaṃ yat prārabdham iti kīrtitam ||

Translation

দেহ প্রভৃতি অসৎ—যেমন জাগরণে স্বপ্ন অসৎ হয়—তেমনি অন্য জন্মের যে কর্মকে ‘প্রারব্ধ’ বলা হয়, সেটিও অসত্যই।

Academic Translation

But because the body and the rest are unreal—just as a dream (is unreal) upon awakening—the karma belonging to another birth which is spoken of as ‘prārabdha’ (is likewise unreal).

Verse Context

• Māyā/Adhyāsa; Dream analogy; Karma’s dependence on body-identification
• Mahavakya: Aligns with ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ (Tat Tvam Asi): when the Self is known as non-different from Brahman, the body-based superimposition that supports karma is seen as dreamlike.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)