Verse 32

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभ्यस्यमानो नादोऽयं बाह्यमावृणुते ध्वनिम् । पक्षाद्विपक्षमखिलं जित्वा तुर्यपदं व्रजेत् ॥३२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अभ्यस्यमानः । नादः । अयम् । बाह्यम् । आवृणुते । ध्वनिम् । पक्षात् । विपक्षम् । अखिलम् । जित्वा । तुर्य-पदम् । व्रजेत् ॥

IAST Transliteration

abhyasyamāno nādo ’yaṃ bāhyam āvṛṇute dhvanim | pakṣād vipakṣam akhilaṃ jitvā turyapadaṃ vrajet ||32||

Translation

ਇਸ ਨਾਦ ਦਾ ਅਭਿਆਸ ਕਰਨ ਨਾਲ ਇਹ ਬਾਹਰੀ ਧੁਨੀ ਨੂੰ ਢੱਕ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ; ਪੰਦਰਾਂ ਦਿਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਭ ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਵਿਖੇਪ ਜਿੱਤ ਕੇ ਤੁਰਿਆ ਪਦ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਵੇ।

Academic Translation

This nāda, when being practiced, covers (overrides) external sound. Having conquered completely the opposite side (i.e., distractions) within a fortnight, one should attain the state of the Fourth (turya).

Verse Context

• Turīya (nondual consciousness) / Moksha
• Mahavakya: Indirect—turīya is the experiential correlate often used in Advaita to illuminate mahāvākya import (ātman = brahman), though the verse itself is soteriological/meditative rather than declarative.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)