Verse 4

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

जनोलोकस्तु हृद्देशे कण्ठे लोकस्तपस्ततः । भ्रुवोर्ललाटमध्ये तु सत्यलोको व्यवस्थितः ॥४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

जनः-लोकः तु हृत्-देशे । कण्ठे लोकः तपः ततः । भ्रुवोः ललाट-मध्ये तु सत्य-लोकः व्यवस्थितः ॥४॥

IAST Transliteration

janolokas tu hṛddeśe kaṇṭhe lokas tapas tataḥ | bhruvor lalāṭamadhye tu satyaloko vyavasthitaḥ ||4||

Translation

ਹਿਰਦੇ ਦੇਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਨਲੋਕ ਵੱਸਦਾ ਹੈ; ਕੰਠ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਪੋਲੋਕ ਹੈ; ਅਤੇ ਭੌਂਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ, ਲਲਾਟ ਦੇ ਮੱਧ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਤ੍ਯਲੋਕ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਸ਼ਠਿਤ ਹੈ।

Academic Translation

The Jana-loka is in the region of the heart; at the throat is the world of Tapas; and in the middle of the forehead, between the eyebrows, the Satya-loka is established.

Verse Context

• Yoga (internalization of cosmology) / Moksha (ascent toward Satya)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: supports the inward turn implied by ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ by locating ‘worlds’ within the embodied field of contemplation.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)