Verse 36

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

महति श्रूयमाणे तु महाभेर्यादिकध्वनौ । तत्र सूक्ष्मं सूक्ष्मतरं नादमेव परामृशेत् ॥३६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

महति । श्रूयमाणे । तु । महा-भेरी-आदिक-ध्वनौ । तत्र । सूक्ष्मम् । सूक्ष्मतरम् । नादम् । एव । परामृशेत् ।

IAST Transliteration

mahati śrūyamāṇe tu mahā-bhery-ādika-dhvanau | tatra sūkṣmaṃ sūkṣmataraṃ nādam eva parāmṛśet ||36||

Translation

جب بلند آواز سنائی دے—جیسے بڑے نقّارے وغیرہ کی گونج—تو اسی میں صرف لطیف اور اس سے بھی زیادہ لطیف ناد ہی کو تھامے اور اسی پر توجہ کرے۔

Academic Translation

When a loud sound is heard—such as the resonance of a great drum and the like—there one should attend only to the subtle and the subtler nāda.

Verse Context

• Moksha (via upāya of mind-dissolution/laya leading to Self-knowledge)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: instructs the method (upāya) that quiets vṛttis so that mahāvākya teaching can be realized as immediate identity (aparokṣānubhūti).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (śloka) in many editions