Verse 49

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सशब्दश्चाक्षरे क्षीणे निःशब्दं परमं पदम् ।

सदा नादानुसन्धानात् संक्षीणा वासना भवेत् ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

स-शब्दः च अक्षरे क्षीणे निः-शब्दम् परम् पदम् ।

सदा नाद-अनुसन्धानात् संक्षीणा वासना भवेत् ॥

IAST Transliteration

saśabdaś cākṣare kṣīṇe niḥśabdaṃ paramaṃ padam |

sadā nādānusandhānāt saṃkṣīṇā vāsanā bhavet ||

Translation

ਜਦੋਂ ਸ਼ਬਦ-ਸਹਿਤ ਅੱਖਰ (ਓੰਕਾਰ) ਖ਼ਤਮ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਤਦ ਨਿਸ਼ਬਦ ਪਰਮ ਪਦ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਸਦਾ ਨਾਦ ਦਾ ਅਨੁਸੰਧਾਨ ਕਰਨ ਨਾਲ ਵਾਸਨਾਵਾਂ (ਸੰਸਕਾਰ) ਖ਼ਤਮ ਹੋਣ ਲੱਗਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ॥

Academic Translation

When the syllable (akṣara, i.e., Oṃ) together with sound is exhausted, the supreme state is the soundless. By constant investigation/attentive pursuit of nāda, latent impressions (vāsanā) become attenuated.

Verse Context

• Moksha (liberation) through nāda-upāsanā leading to nirvikalpa/soundless Brahman
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of 'अहं ब्रह्मास्मि' (Aham Brahmāsmi) by indicating transcendence of nāma-rūpa (sound/form) into non-dual Brahman; not a direct Mahāvākya citation.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose/Upaniṣadic mixed (not strictly Vedic chandas)