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

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

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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.

Word by Word

• svareṇa: with sound/intonation
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्

• saṃdhayet: should join/compose/bring into union
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+√धा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• yogam: yoga/discipline
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• asvaram: soundless/without intonation
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (विशेषणवत्)

• bhāvayet: should contemplate/meditate upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु; causative भावयति)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्; णिच्

• param: the Supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (अस्वरम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• asvareṇa: by/with the soundless (state)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्

• anubhāvena: by direct experience/realization
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (avyaya)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम्

• abhāvaḥ: non-being/absence
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• bhāvaḥ: being/existence
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• iṣyate: is accepted/held to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (accepted/held)

Sandhi Notes

• bhāvayetparam = bhāvayet + param
• asvareṇānubhāvena = asvareṇa + anubhāvena
• nābhāvo = na + abhāvaḥ (visarga-lopa and vowel coalescence)

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)