Verse 15

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

षष्ठ्यामिन्द्रस्य सायुज्यं सप्तम्यां वैष्णवं पदम् । अष्टम्यां व्रजते रुद्रं पशूनां च पतिं तथा ॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

षष्ठ्याम् । इन्द्रस्य । सायुज्यम् । सप्तम्याम् । वैष्णवम् । पदम् । अष्टम्याम् । व्रजते । रुद्रम् । पशूनाम् । च । पतिम् । तथा ॥१५॥

IAST Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhyām indrasya sāyujyaṃ saptamyāṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ padam | aṣṭamyāṃ vrajate rudraṃ paśūnāṃ ca patiṃ tathā ||15||

Translation

ਛੇਵੀਂ ਮਾਤਰਾ ਵਿੱਚ (ਉਹ) ਇੰਦਰ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਯੁਜ੍ਯ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ; ਸੱਤਵੀਂ ਮਾਤਰਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੈਸ਼ਣਵ ਪਦ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅੱਠਵੀਂ ਮਾਤਰਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਕੋਲ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਇਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਭੂਤ-ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਅਧਿਪਤੀ ਪਸ਼ੁਪਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Academic Translation

In the sixth (mātrā) (he attains) union with Indra; in the seventh, the Vaiṣṇava station. In the eighth, he goes to Rudra, and likewise to the Lord of beings (Paśupati).

Verse Context

• Hierarchy of lokas/sāyujya through upāsanā; distinction between īśvara-loka attainments and final non-dual liberation
• Mahavakya: Indirect: ‘Vaiṣṇavaṃ padam’ can be read as a theistic ‘supreme abode,’ yet Vedānta ultimately resolves all such attainments into brahmajñāna per mahāvākyas (e.g., ‘aham brahmāsmi’) for absolute freedom.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)