Atman Brahman Core Hindu Philosophy None
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View lyrics page →Verse 1: Brahman Definition
Original
सत्यं ज्ञानमनन्तं ब्रह्म यतो वाचो निवर्तन्ते । अप्राप्य मनसा सह तत् तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि ॥
Transliteration
satyam jnanam anantam brahma yato vaco nivartante | aprapya manasa saha tat tad eva brahma tvam viddhi ||
Meaning / Translation
Brahman is Truth, Knowledge, and Infinite — from which words turn back, unable to reach It, along with the mind. Know That alone to be Brahman.
Verse 2: Atman as Brahman
Original
अयमात्मा ब्रह्मेति विज्ञानात् सर्वमिदं प्रोक्तम् । अन्तर्याम्यमृतं ब्रह्म स एष पुरुषः स्मृतः ॥
Transliteration
ayam atma brahma iti vijnanat sarvam idam proktam | antaryamy amritam brahma sa esha purushah smritah ||
Meaning / Translation
This Atman is Brahman — by knowing this, all is declared. The Inner Controller, the Immortal Brahman, is this very Purusha.
Verse 3: Mahavakya - Tat Tvam Asi
Original
तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो बहुस्याम प्रजायेय । तदैक्षत सृजामि लोकान् लोकान् सृज्य तेषु प्रविष्टः ॥
Transliteration
tat tvam asi svetaketo bahusyam prajayeya | tadaikshata srijami lokan lokan srjya tesu pravishtah ||
Meaning / Translation
That Thou Art, O Svetaketu — 'Let me become many, let me be born.' It desired, 'I shall create the worlds,' and having created them, entered into them.
Verse 4: Mahavakya - Aham Brahmasmi
Original
अहं ब्रह्मास्मि इति विदित्वा मुक्तो भवति बन्धनात् । न तत्र सूर्यो भाति न चन्द्रतारकं नेमा विद्युतो भान्ति कुतोऽयमग्निः ॥
Transliteration
aham brahmasmi iti viditva mukto bhavati bandhanat | na tatra suryo bhati na candratarakam nema vidyuto bhanti kuto 'yam agnih ||
Meaning / Translation
Knowing 'I am Brahman,' one becomes liberated from bondage. There the sun does not shine, nor the moon and stars, nor these lightnings — how then this fire?
Verse 5: Mahavakya - Prajnanam Brahma
Original
प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्मेति विज्ञानात् सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्म । नेह नानास्ति किञ्चन मृत्योः स मृत्युं गच्छति ॥
Transliteration
prajnanam brahma iti vijnanat sarvam khalvidam brahma | iha nanasti kincana mrityoh sa mrityum gacchati ||
Meaning / Translation
Consciousness is Brahman — knowing this, all this is verily Brahman. There is no diversity here whatsoever; he who sees diversity goes from death to death.
Verse 6: Mahavakya - Ayam Atma Brahma
Original
अयमात्मा ब्रह्म सर्वानुभूयः सर्वान्तर्यामी । यो वेद निहितं गुहायां परमे व्योमन् सोऽश्नुते सर्वान् कामान् सह ब्रह्मणा विपश्चितेति ॥
Transliteration
ayam atma brahma sarvanubhuyah sarvantaryami | yo veda nihitam guhayam parame vyoman so 'shnute sarvan kaman saha brahmana vipashciti ||
Meaning / Translation
This Atman is Brahman, the Experiencer of all, the Inner Ruler of all. He who knows It hidden in the cave of the heart, in the supreme ether, enjoys all desires together with the all-knowing Brahman.
Verse 7: Neti Neti (Not This, Not This)
Original
नेति नेति इति ब्रह्म निर्देशः सर्वोपाधिवर्जितम् । निराकारं निरंजनं निर्विकल्पं निरामयम् ॥
Transliteration
neti neti iti brahma nirdeshah sarvopadhi varjitam | nirakaram niranjanam nirvikalpam niramayam ||
Meaning / Translation
'Not this, not this' — thus is Brahman described, free from all limiting adjuncts. Formless, stainless, without modification, without affliction.
Verse 8: Realization and Liberation
Original
ब्रह्मैवेदं सर्वं विश्वमात्मैव नान्यत् विद्यते । यो हि सर्वाणि भूतानि आत्मन्येवानुपश्यति ॥ सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि । ईक्षते योगयुक्तात्मा सर्वत्र समदर्शनः ॥
Transliteration
brahmaiva idam sarvam vishvam atmaiva nanyat vidyate | yo hi sarvani bhutani atmany evanupashyati || sarva bhuta stham atmanam sarva bhutani catmani | ikshate yoga yuktatma sarvatra sama darshanah ||
Meaning / Translation
All this is verily Brahman; this universe is the Self, nothing else exists. He who sees all beings in the Self, and the Self in all beings, with a mind united in yoga, sees with equal vision everywhere.
Phala Shruti (Fruit of Recitation)
Original
एतत् आत्मब्रह्मैक्यस्तोत्रं यः पठेच्छ्रद्धया नरः । स जीवन्मुक्तो भवेद् ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥ इति श्रीमच्छंकराचार्यविरचिते आत्मब्रह्मैक्यस्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम् ॥
Transliteration
etat atma brahmaikya stotram yah pathec chradhdhaya narah | sa jivanmukto bhavet brahmabhuyaya kalpate || iti shri maccankaracharya viracite atma brahmaikya stotram sampurnam ||
Meaning / Translation
Whoever recites this Atman-Brahman Unity Stotra with faith becomes liberated while living, and attains identity with Brahman. Thus ends the Atman-Brahman Unity Stotra composed by Sri Shankaracharya.