Nadabindu Upanishad

॥ nādabindūpaniṣat ॥
(ṛgvedīya yogopaniṣat)

vairājātmopāsanayā sañjātajñānavahninā ।
dagdhvā karmatrayaṃ yogī yatpadaṃ yāti tadbhaje ॥

oṃ vāṅme manasi pratiṣṭhitā । mano me vāci pratiṣṭitam ।
āvirāvīrma edhi । vedasya mā āṇīsthaḥ ।śrutaṃ me mā
prahāsīḥ ।
anenādhītenāhorātrānsandadhāmi ।
ṛtaṃ vadiṣyāmi । satyaṃ vadiṣyāmi ।
tanmāmavatu । tadvaktāramavatu ।
avatu māmavatu vaktāram ॥
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥

oṃ akāro dakṣiṇaḥ pakṣa ukārastūttaraḥ smṛtaḥ ।
makāraṃ pucchamityāhurardhamātrā tu mastakam ॥ 1॥

pādādikaṃ guṇāstasya śarīraṃ tattvamucyate ।
dharmo'sya dakṣiṇaścakṣuradharmo yo'paraḥ smṛtaḥ ॥ 2॥

bhūrlokaḥ pādayostasya bhuvarlokastu jānuni ।
suvarlokaḥ kaṭīdeśe nābhideśe maharjagat ॥ 3॥

janolokastu hṛddeśe kaṇṭhe lokastapastataḥ ।
bhruvorlalāṭamadhye tu satyaloko vyavasthitaḥ ॥ 4॥

sahasrārṇamatīvātra mantra eṣa pradarśitaḥ ।
evametāṃ samārūḍho haṃsayogavicakṣaṇaḥ ॥ 5॥

na bhidyate karmacāraiḥ pāpakoṭiśatairapi ।
āgneyī prathamā mātrā vāyavyeṣā tathāparā ॥ 6॥

bhānumaṇḍalasaṃkāśā bhavenmātrā tathottarā ।
paramā cārdhamātrā yā vāruṇīṃ tāṃ vidurbudhāḥ ॥ 7॥

kālatraye'pi yatremā mātrā nūnaṃ pratiṣṭhitāḥ ।
eṣa oṅkāra ākhyāto dhāraṇābhirnibodhata ॥ 8॥

ghoṣiṇī prathamā mātrā vidyunmātrā tathā'parā ।
pataṅginī tṛtīyā syāccaturthī vāyuveginī ॥ 9॥

pañcamī nāmadheyā tu ṣaṣṭhī caindryabhidhīyate ।
saptamī vaiṣṇavī nāma aṣṭamī śāṅkarīti ca ॥ 10॥

navamī mahatī nāma dhṛtistu daśamī matā ।
ekādaśī bhavennārī brāhmī tu dvādaśī parā ॥ 11॥

prathamāyāṃ tu mātrāyāṃ yadi prāṇairviyujyate ।
bharate varṣarājāsau sārvabhaumaḥ prajāyate ॥ 12॥

dvitīyāyāṃ samutkrānto bhavedyakṣo mahātmavān ।
vidyādharastṛtīyāyāṃ gāndharvastu caturthikā ॥ 13॥

pañcamyāmatha mātrāyāṃ yadi prāṇairviyujyate ।
uṣitaḥ saha devatvaṃ somaloke mahīyate ॥ 14॥

ṣaṣṭhyāmindrasya sāyujyaṃ saptamyāṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ padam ।
aṣṭamyāṃ vrajate rudraṃ paśūnāṃ ca patiṃ tathā ॥ 15॥

navamyāṃ tu maharlokaṃ daśamyāṃ tu janaṃ vrajet ।
ekādaśyāṃ tapolokaṃ dvādaśyāṃ brahma śāśvatam ॥ 16॥

tataḥ parataraṃ śuddhaṃ vyāpakaṃ nirmalaṃ śivam ।
sadoditaṃ paraṃ brahma jyotiṣāmudayo yataḥ ॥ 17॥

atīndriyaṃ guṇātītaṃ mano līnaṃ yadā bhavet ।
anūpamaṃ śivaṃ śāntaṃ yogayuktaṃ sadā viśet ॥ 18॥

tadyuktastanmayo jantuḥ śanairmuñcetkalevaram ।
saṃsthito yogacāreṇa sarvasaṅgavivarjitaḥ ॥ 19॥

tato vilīnapāśo'sau vimalaḥ kamalāprabhuḥ ।
tenaiva brahmabhāvena paramānandamaśnute ॥ 20॥

ātmānaṃ satataṃ jñātvā kālaṃ naya mahāmate ।
prārabdhamakhilaṃ bhuñjannodvegaṃ kartumarhasi ॥ 21॥

utpanne tattvavijñāne prārabdhaṃ naiva muñcati ।
tattvajñānodayādūrdhvaṃ prārabdhaṃ naiva vidyate ॥ 22॥

dehādīnāmasattvāttu yathā svapno vibodhataḥ ।
karma janmāntarīyaṃ yatprārabdhamiti kīrtitam ॥ 23॥

tattu janmāntarābhāvātpuṃso naivāsti karhicit ।
svapnadeho yathādhyastastathaivāyaṃ hi dehakaḥ ॥ 24॥

adhyastasya kuto janma janmābhāve kutaḥ sthitiḥ ।
upādānaṃ prapañcasya mṛdbhāṇḍasyeva paśyati ॥ 25॥

ajñānaṃ ceti vedāntaistasminnaṣṭe kva viśvatā ।
yathā rajjuaṃ parityajya sarpaṃ gṛhṇāti vai bhramāt ॥ 26॥

tadvatsatyamavijñāya jagatpaśyati mūḍhadhīḥ ।
rajjukhaṇḍe parijñāte sarparūpaṃ na tiṣṭhati ॥ 27॥

adhiṣṭhāne tathā jñāte prapañce śūnyatāṃ gate ।
dehasyāpi prapañcatvātprārabdhāvasthitiḥ kṛtaḥ ॥ 28॥

ajñānajanabodhārthaṃ prārabdhamiti cocyate ।
tataḥ kālavaśādeva prārabdhe tu kṣayaṃ gate ॥ 29॥

brahmapraṇavasandhānaṃ nādo jyotirmayaḥ śivaḥ ।
svayamāvirbhavedātmā meghāpāyeṃ'śumāniva ॥ 30॥

siddhāsane sthito yogī mudrāṃ sandhāya vaiṣṇavīm ।
śṛṇuyāddakṣiṇe karṇe nādamantargataṃ sadā ॥ 31॥

abhyasyamāno nādo'yaṃ bāhyamāvṛṇute dhvanim ।
pakṣādvipakṣamakhilaṃ jitvā turyapadaṃ vrajet ॥ 32॥

śrūyate prathamābhyāse nādo nānāvidho mahān ।
vardhamānastathābhyāse śrūyate sūkṣmasūkṣmataḥ ॥ 33॥

ādau jaladhimūtabherīnirjharasambhavaḥ ।
madhye mardalaśabdābho ghaṇṭākāhalajastathā ॥ 34॥

ante tu kiṅkiṇīvaṃśavīṇābhramaraniḥsvanaḥ ।
iti nānāvidhā nādāḥ śrūyante sūkṣmasūkṣmataḥ ॥ 35॥

mahati śrūyamāṇe tu mahābheryādikadhvanau ।
tatra sūkṣmaṃ sūkṣmataraṃ nādameva parāmṛśet ॥ 36॥

ghanamutsṛjya vā sūkṣme sūkṣmamutsṛjya vā ghane ।
ramamāṇamapi kṣiptaṃ mano nānyatra cālayet ॥ 37॥

yatra kutrāpi vā nāde lagati prathamaṃ manaḥ ।
tatra tatra sthirībhūtvā tena sārdhaṃ vilīyate ॥ 38॥

vismṛtya sakalaṃ bāhyaṃ nāde dugdhāmbuvanmanaḥ ।
ekībhūyātha sahasā cidākāśe vilīyate ॥ 39॥

udāsīnastato bhūtvā sadābhyāsena saṃyamī ।
unmanīkārakaṃ sadyo nādamevāvadhārayet ॥ 40॥

sarvacintāṃ samutsṛjya sarvaceṣṭāvivarjitaḥ ।
nādamevānusaṃdadhyānnāde cittaṃ vilīyate ॥ 41॥

makarandaṃ pibanbhṛṅgo gandhānnāpekṣate tathā ।
nādāsaktaṃ sadā cittaṃ viṣayaṃ na hi kāṅkṣati ॥ 42॥

baddhaḥ sunādagandhena sadyaḥ saṃtyaktacāpalaḥ ।
nādagrahaṇataścittamantaraṅgabhujaṅgamaḥ ॥ 43॥

vismṛtya viśvamekāgraḥ kutracinna hi dhāvati ।
manomattagajendrasya viṣayodyānacāriṇaḥ ॥ 44॥

niyāmanasamartho'yaṃ ninādo niśitāṅkuśaḥ ।
nādo'ntaraṅgasāraṅgabandhane vāgurāyate ॥ 45॥

antaraṅgasamudrasya rodhe velāyate'pi ca ।
brahmapraṇavasaṃlagnanādo jyotirmayātmakaḥ ॥ 46॥

manastatra layaṃ yāti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam ।
tāvadākāśasaṅkalpo yāvacchabdaḥ pravatate ॥ 47॥

niḥśabdaṃ tatparaṃ brahma paramātmā samīryate ।
nādo yāvanmanastāvannādānte'pi manonmanī ॥ 48॥

saśabdaścākṣare kṣīṇe niḥśabdaṃ paramaṃ padam ।
sadā nādānusandhānātsaṃkṣīṇā vāsanā bhavet ॥ 49॥

nirañjane vilīyete manovāyū na saṃśayaḥ ।
nādakoṭisahasrāṇi bindukoṭiśatāni ca ॥ 50॥

sarve tatra layaṃ yānti brahmapraṇavanādake ।
sarvāvasthāvinirmuktaḥ sarvacintāvivarjitaḥ ॥ 51॥

mṛtavattiṣṭhate yogī sa mukto nātra saṃśayaḥ ।
śaṅkhadundubhinādaṃ ca na śruṇoti kadācana ॥ 52॥

kāṣṭhavajjñāyate deha unmanyāvasthayā dhruvam ।
na jānāti sa śītoṣṇaṃ na duḥkhaṃ na sukhaṃ tathā ॥ 53॥

na mānaṃ nāvamānaṃ ca saṃtyaktvā tu samādhinā ।
avasthātrayamanveti na cittaṃ yoginaḥ sadā ॥ 54॥

jāgrannidrāvinirmuktaḥ svarūpāvasthatāmiyāt ॥ 55॥

dṛṣṭiḥ sthirā yasya vinā sadṛśyam
vāyuḥ sthiro yasya vinā prayatnam ।
cittaṃ sthiraṃ yasya vināvalambam
sa brahmatārāntaranādarūpaḥ ॥ 56॥

ityupaniṣat ॥
oṃ vāṅme manasīti śāntiḥ ॥

iti nādabindūpaniṣatsamāptā ॥