Verse 38

Naadbindu

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत्र कुत्रापि वा नादे लगति प्रथमं मनः ।

तत्र तत्र स्थिरीभूत्वा तेन सार्धं विलीयते ॥३८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यत्र । कुत्रापि । वा । नादे । लगति । प्रथमम् । मनः ।

तत्र । तत्र । स्थिरीभूत्वा । तेन । सार्धम् । विलीयते ॥३८॥

IAST Transliteration

yatra kutrāpi vā nāde lagati prathamaṃ manaḥ |

tatra tatra sthirībhūtvā tena sārdhaṃ vilīyate ||38||

Translation

无论何处、依于何种那达（内音），心最初一旦系著；即于彼处安住而定，遂与彼那达同归消融。

Academic Translation

Wherever, in whatever nāda, the mind first becomes attached, there—there—having become steady, it dissolves together with that (nāda).

Verse Context

• Laya (dissolution of mind) leading toward Brahman-realization
• Mahavakya: Indirect: describes the meditative absorption that removes vikshepa/āvaraṇa, enabling direct recognition implied by Mahāvākyas (especially ‘ayam ātmā brahma’).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)