Verse 24

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तत्तु जन्मान्तराभावात्पुंसो नैवास्ति कर्हिचित् । स्वप्नदेहो यथाध्यस्तस्तथैवायं हि देहकः ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तत् । तु । जन्म-अन्तर-अभावात् । पुंसः । न । एव । अस्ति । कर्हिचित् । स्वप्न-देहः । यथा । अध्यस्तः । तथा । एव । अयम् । हि । देहकः ॥

IAST Transliteration

tat tu janmāntarābhāvāt puṃso naivāsti karhicit | svapnadeho yathādhyastas tathaivāyaṃ hi dehakaḥ ||

Translation

অন্য জন্মের অভাবের কারণে সেই (প্রারব্ধ নামে কথিত) বস্তু মানুষের জন্য কখনওই নেই। যেমন স্বপ্নদেহ আরোপিত, তেমনি এই দেহও আরোপিত।

Academic Translation

But that (so-called prārabdha) does not ever exist for a person, because there is no other birth (in truth). As the dream-body is superimposed, so indeed is this body here.

Verse Context

• Ajāti (non-origination); Adhyāsa (superimposition); Non-dual Self beyond birth
• Mahavakya: Resonates with ‘अयमात्मा ब्रह्म’ (Ayam Ātmā Brahma): the Self is Brahman—unborn—so birth-based karmic accounts cannot apply ultimately.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)