Amritbindu Upanishad: Verse 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तावदेव निरोद्धव्यं यावद्धृदि गतं क्षयम् । एतज्ज्ञानं च ध्यानं च शेषो न्यायश्च विस्तरः ॥५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तावत् । एव । निरोद्धव्यम् । यावत् । हृदि । गतम् । क्षयम् । एतत् । ज्ञानम् । च । ध्यानम् । च । शेषः । न्यायः । च । विस्तरः ॥

Recitation with translationAmritbindu Upanishad 5

IAST Transliteration

tāvad eva niroddhavyaṃ yāvad hṛdi gataṃ kṣayam | etaj jñānaṃ ca dhyānaṃ ca śeṣo nyāyaś ca vistaraḥ ||5||

Translation

മനം ഹൃദയത്തിൽ ലയം (ക്ഷയം) പ്രാപിക്കുന്നതുവരെ മാത്രമേ നിയന്ത്രിക്കേണ്ടത്. ഇതുതന്നെ ജ്ഞാനവും ഇതുതന്നെ ധ്യാനവും; ശേഷമുള്ളത് തർക്കവും വിപുലീകരണവും മാത്രം.

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Academic Translation

It is to be restrained only so long as it has reached dissolution in the heart. This is knowledge and this is meditation; the rest is logic and elaboration.

Verse Context

• Mano-nirodha culminating in ātma-niṣṭhā; primacy of direct realization over discursiveness
• Mahavakya: Indirect: emphasizes aparokṣa-anubhava/niṣṭhā as the fruition of mahāvākya teaching; ‘the rest is logic’ critiques mere dialectic without realization.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)