Verse 15

Amritnada

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अन्धवत्पश्य रूपाणि शब्दं बधिरवत् शृणु । काष्ठवत्पश्य ते देहं प्रशान्तस्येति लक्षणम् ॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अन्ध-वत् । पश्य । रूपाणि । शब्दम् । बधिर-वत् । शृणु । काष्ठ-वत् । पश्य । ते । देहम् । प्रशान्तस्य । इति । लक्षणम् ॥

IAST Transliteration

andhavat paśya rūpāṇi śabdaṃ badhiravat śṛṇu | kāṣṭhavat paśya te dehaṃ praśāntasyeti lakṣaṇam ||15||

Translation

See forms as though blind; hear sound as though deaf; regard your body as though a piece of wood—this is the mark of the tranquil one (praśānta).

Academic Translation

See forms as though blind; hear sound as though deaf; regard your body as though a piece of wood—this is the characteristic of the tranquil one (praśānta).

Verse Context

• Pratyāhāra / Śama (sense-withdrawal and mental tranquility)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: describes the contemplative temperament conducive to mahāvākya assimilation—quiet senses and dispassion enabling abidance in the Self indicated by ‘ayam ātmā brahma’.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)