Atma Upanishad 22 — Verse 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तथैव ब्रह्मविच्छ्रेष्ठः सदा ब्रह्मैव नापरः । घटे नष्टे यथा व्योम व्योमैव भवति स्वयम् ॥२२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तथा । एव । ब्रह्म-वित्-श्रेष्ठः । सदा । ब्रह्म । एव । न । अपरः । घटे । नष्टे । यथा । व्योम । व्योम । एव । भवति । स्वयम् ॥२२॥

IAST Transliteration

tathaiva brahmavicchreṣṭhaḥ sadā brahmaiva nāparaḥ | ghaṭe naṣṭe yathā vyoma vyomaiva bhavati svayam ||22||

Translation

وكذلك فإنّ أسمى عارفي برهمن هو دائمًا برهمن وحده لا غيره؛ كما أنّه إذا تحطّم الإناء صار الفضاء الذي فيه فضاءً خالصًا بذاته.

Academic Translation

So too, the best of knowers of Brahman is always Brahman alone, not other; as when a pot is destroyed, the space (within) becomes space alone by itself.

Verse Context

• Jīva–Brahman identity; ghaṭākāśa–mahākāśa illustration; liberation as recognition
• Mahavakya: Aligns with ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ (Tat tvam asi): the ‘inner space’ (tvam) is not other than the vast space (tat).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)