Verse 7

Amritbindu

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 ।

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

സ്വരം (ധ്വനി) കൊണ്ട് യോഗം സംധാനം ചെയ്യുക; പരമത്തെ ‘അസ്വരം’ (നിശ്ശബ്ദം) ആയി ധ്യാനിക്കുക. അസ്വരാനുഭവബോധത്തിൽ ‘അഭാവം’ ‘ഭാവം’ എന്നു അംഗീകരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നില്ല.

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)