Verse 51

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वे तत्र लयं यान्ति ब्रह्मप्रणवनादके ।

सर्वावस्थाविनिर्मुक्तः सर्वचिन्ताविवर्जितः ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सर्वे तत्र लयम् यान्ति ब्रह्म-प्रणव-नादके ।

सर्व-अवस्था-विनिर्मुक्तः सर्व-चिन्ता-विवर्जितः ॥

IAST Transliteration

sarve tatra layaṃ yānti brahmapraṇavanādake |

sarvāvasthāvinirmuktaḥ sarvacintāvivarjitaḥ ||

Translation

वहाँ ब्रह्म-प्रणव के नाद में सबका लय हो जाता है। साधक समस्त अवस्थाओं से मुक्त और समस्त चिन्ताओं से रहित हो जाता है॥

Academic Translation

All of them there enter dissolution—in the nāda of Brahman, the praṇava. Freed from all states, devoid of all thought,

Verse Context

• Brahman as praṇava; transcendence of avasthās (waking/dream/deep sleep etc.) and vṛttis toward mokṣa
• Mahavakya: Resonates with 'तत् त्वम् असि' (Tat Tvam Asi) in that the practitioner’s identity is realized beyond all states and thoughts; not an explicit Mahāvākya.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose/Upaniṣadic mixed (not strictly Vedic chandas)