Verse 36

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

महति श्रूयमाणे तु महाभेर्यादिकध्वनौ । तत्र सूक्ष्मं सूक्ष्मतरं नादमेव परामृशेत् ॥३६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

महति । श्रूयमाणे । तु । महा-भेरी-आदिक-ध्वनौ । तत्र । सूक्ष्मम् । सूक्ष्मतरम् । नादम् । एव । परामृशेत् ।

IAST Transliteration

mahati śrūyamāṇe tu mahā-bhery-ādika-dhvanau | tatra sūkṣmaṃ sūkṣmataraṃ nādam eva parāmṛśet ||36||

Translation

ମହାଭେରୀ ଆଦିର ଉଚ୍ଚ ଧ୍ୱନି ଶୁଣାଗଲେ, ସେଠାରେ ସୂକ୍ଷ୍ମ ଓ ସୂକ୍ଷ୍ମତର ନାଦକୁ ମାତ୍ର ଧ୍ୟାନରେ ଧରି, ଚିତ୍ତକୁ ତାହାରେ ନିଶ୍ଚଳ କରିବା ଉଚିତ।

Academic Translation

When a loud sound is heard—such as the resonance of a great drum and the like—there one should attend only to the subtle and the subtler nāda.

Verse Context

• Moksha (via upāya of mind-dissolution/laya leading to Self-knowledge)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: instructs the method (upāya) that quiets vṛttis so that mahāvākya teaching can be realized as immediate identity (aparokṣānubhūti).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (śloka) in many editions