Verse 41

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वचिन्तां समुत्सृज्य सर्वचेष्टाविवर्जितः । नादमेवानुसंदध्यान्नादे चित्तं विलीयते॥४१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सर्व-चिन्ताम् । समुत्सृज्य । सर्व-चेष्टा-विवर्जितः । नादम्-एव । अनुसंदध्यात् । नादे । चित्तम् । विलीयते ॥४१॥

IAST Transliteration

sarvacintāṃ samutsṛjya sarvaceṣṭāvivarjitaḥ | nādam evānusaṃdadhyān nāde cittaṃ vilīyate ||41||

Translation

あらゆる思惟を捨て、いかなる営みからも離れて、ただナーダのみに随念せよ。ナーダのうちに心は融けて消え入る。

Academic Translation

Having cast off all thought and being devoid of all activity, one should attend to sound (nāda) alone; in sound the mind dissolves.

Verse Context

• Moksha (laya of citta as proximate aid to liberation)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: describes citta-laya/nirodha as a preparatory condition for mahāvākya-vicāra and aparokṣa-jñāna.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)