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

సర్వ బాహ్యాన్ని మరచి, నాదంలో పాలు-నీరు వలె మనస్సు ఏకమై, అకస్మాత్తుగా చిదాకాశంలో—చైతన్య-ఆకాశంలో లయమవుతుంది।

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)