Verse 3

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भूर्लोकः पादयोस्तस्य भुवर्लोकस्तु जानुनि । सुवर्लोकः कटीदेशे नाभिदेशे महर्जगत् ॥३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

भूः-लोकः । पादयोः । तस्य । भुवः-लोकः । तु । जानुनि । सुवः-लोकः । कटी-देशे । नाभि-देशे । महः-जगत् ।

IAST Transliteration

bhūrlokaḥ pādayos tasya bhuvarlokas tu jānuni | suvarlokaḥ kaṭīdeśe nābhideśe maharjagat ||3||

Translation

بھور لوک اس کے قدموں میں ہے؛ بھوور لوک یقیناً اس کے گھٹنوں میں۔ سوور لوک اس کی کمر کے خطّے میں ہے؛ اور ناف کے مقام میں مہرجگت (مہس لوک) ہے۔

Academic Translation

The Bhūr-world is at its feet; the Bhuvar-world, indeed, at its knees. The Suvar-world is in the region of its hips; in the region of the navel is the Mahas-world.

Verse Context

• Brahman (cosmic integration; microcosm–macrocosm correspondence)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: supports ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ by collapsing cosmic levels into the contemplated praṇava/inner self, preparing the intuition of identity between self and totality.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (general Atharvaṇic affiliation; specific śākhā not securely attested for this Upaniṣad) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)