Verse 39

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विस्मृत्य सकलं बाह्यं नादे दुग्धाम्बुवन् मनः ।

एकीभूयाथ सहसा चिदाकाशे विलीयते ॥३९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

विस्मृत्य । सकलम् । बाह्यम् । नादे । दुग्ध-अम्बु-वत् । मनः ।

एकीभूय । अथ । सहसा । चित्-आकाशे । विलीयते ॥३९॥

IAST Transliteration

vismṛtya sakalaṃ bāhyaṃ nāde dugdhāmbu-van manaḥ |

ekībhūyātha sahasā cidākāśe vilīyate ||39||

Translation

அனைத்து புறவுலகையும் மறந்து, நாதத்தில் பாலும் நீரும் போல மனம் ஒன்றாய் கலந்து, திடீரென சிதாகாசத்தில்—சைதன்ய ஆகாசத்தில் லயமாகிறது।

Academic Translation

Having forgotten all that is external, the mind, like milk and water in nāda, having become one, suddenly dissolves in the space of consciousness (cid-ākāśa).

Verse Context

• Brahman/Ātman as cidākāśa; Moksha through dissolution of mind (manolaya) and transcendence of externality
• Mahavakya: Resonates with ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ by pointing to cidākāśa (consciousness-space) as the locus of dissolution; frames the experiential pathway that culminates in Mahāvākya realization.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)