Indriya Dhāraṇā · Dhāraṇā 59
अनाहते पात्रकर्णेऽभग्नशब्दं समाविशेत् । ब्रह्मतत्त्वमवाप्नोति चिन्तयन्नव्ययं ततः ॥
anāhate pātrakarṇe 'bhagnaśabdaṃ samāviśet | brahmattattvam avāpnoti cintayann avyayaṃ tataḥ ||
In the unstruck sound, like a bowl resonating in the ear — penetrating the unbroken sound, contemplating the imperishable, one attains the reality of Brahman.
Fifty-ninth dhāraṇā. The anāhata sound — “unstruck,” not produced by blow or friction. The inner sound perceived when outer silence is complete. Pātrakarṇe — like a bowl resonating in the ear. A constant vibration, without beginning or end.
Abhagnaśabdam samāviśet — penetrate the unbroken sound. Abhagna — unbroken, continuous. The inner nāda has no pauses. It has no beginning or end. It is the sound of consciousness vibrating to itself.
Brahmatattvam avāpnoti — one attains the reality of Brahman. Avyayaṃ cintayan — contemplating the imperishable. The anāhata sound is imperishable because it depends on no external causes. It cannot be silenced. Only obscured by noise. When noise ceases — outer and inner — the background sound of the universe reveals itself.