Verse 35

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आदौ जलधिमूतभेरीनिर्झरसम्भवः । मध्ये मर्दलशब्दाभो घण्टाकाहलजस्तथा ॥ अन्ते तु किङ्किणीवंशवीणाभ्रमरनिःस्वनः । इति नानाविधा नादाः श्रूयन्ते सूक्ष्मसूक्ष्मतः ॥३५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

आदौ । जलधि-मूत-भेरी-निर्झर-सम्भवः । मध्ये । मर्दल-शब्द-आभः । घण्टा-काहल-जः । तथा । अन्ते । तु । किङ्किणी-वंश-वीणा-भ्रमर-निःस्वनः । इति । नाना-विधाः । नादाः । श्रूयन्ते । सूक्ष्म-सूक्ष्मतः ।

IAST Transliteration

ādau jaladhi-mūta-bherī-nirjhara-sambhavaḥ | madhye mardala-śabdābho ghaṇṭā-kāhalajas tathā || ante tu kiṅkiṇī-vaṃśa-vīṇā-bhramara-niḥsvanaḥ | iti nānāvidhā nādāḥ śrūyante sūkṣma-sūkṣmataḥ ||35||

Translation

起初，（此声）如海潮、云雷、巨鼓与瀑流之响；中间似木鼓 mṛdaṅga 之声，亦如钟鸣与号角之音；至末后，为脚铃之回响、笛声、维纳琴 vīṇā 之余韵与蜂鸣。由是诸般 nāda 可闻，渐次更为微妙。

Academic Translation

In the beginning (the sound is) like that arising from the ocean, clouds, kettle-drums, and waterfalls; in the middle it resembles the sound of a mṛdaṅga; likewise it is produced like bells and trumpets. At the end it is the resonance of anklets, flute, vīṇā, and the humming of bees. Thus, diverse nādas are heard, increasingly subtle.

Verse Context

• Brahman (approached through nāda as a meditative support)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: prepares the mind for mahāvākya-vicāra by cultivating ekāgratā and subtle discrimination (viveka) between the changing nāda-phenomena and the unchanging witness-consciousness.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose/Anuṣṭubh-like yoga-upaniṣad style (variable across recensions)