Amritbindu Upanishad: Verse 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्वरेण संधयेद्योगमस्वरं भावयेत्परम् । अस्वरेणानुभावेन नाभावो भाव इष्यते ॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

स्वरेण । संधयेत् । योगम् । अस्वरेम् । भावयेत् । परम् । अस्वरेण । अनुभावेन । न । अभावः । भावः । इष्यते ।

Recitation with translationAmritbindu Upanishad 7

IAST Transliteration

svareṇa saṃdhayed yogam asvaraṃ bhāvayet param | asvareṇānubhāvena nābhāvo bhāva iṣyate ||7||

Translation

जब ध्यान करो तो शब्द से शुरू करो। पर अंत में वह परम जो है, वो शब्द से पारे है। जब शब्द खत्म हो जाए और वो सुनता आरंभ हो, तब असली चीज़ मिलती है।

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Academic Translation

With ‘sound’ one should join (compose/establish) yoga; one should contemplate the supreme as ‘soundless’. By the experiential realization of the soundless, non-being is not accepted as being.

Verse Context

• Nāda/Om as upāya; transition from support (saguṇa/upādhi) to the supportless (nirguṇa); rejection of nihilism (śūnyavāda)
• Mahavakya: Aligns with ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ by moving from meditative supports to recognition of the Self as the soundless Absolute; also guards ‘prajñānaṃ brahma’ from being reduced to mere absence.
• Atharva
• Atharvaveda (commonly transmitted without a firmly fixed śākhā attribution in the extant tradition) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)