Maitreya Upanishad 4 — Verse 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मानावमानहीनोऽस्मि निर्गुणोऽस्मि शिवोऽस्म्यहम् । द्वैताद्वैतविहीनोऽस्मि द्वन्द्वहीनोऽस्मि सोऽस्म्यहम् ॥४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

मान-अवमान-हीनः अस्मि । निर्गुणः अस्मि । शिवः अस्मि अहम् । द्वैत-अद्वैत-विहीनः अस्मि । द्वन्द्व-हीनः अस्मि । सः अस्मि अहम् ॥

IAST Transliteration

mānāvamānahīno ’smi nirguṇo ’smi śivo ’smy aham | dvaitādvaitavihīno ’smi dvandvahīno ’smi so ’smy aham ||4||

Translation

أنا منزَّهٌ عن الكرامة والمهانة؛ أنا بلا صفات؛ أنا شِيفا. أنا منزَّهٌ عن الثنوية واللاّثنوية؛ أنا متحرّرٌ من أزواج الأضداد؛ أنا ذاك.

Academic Translation

I am devoid of honor and dishonor; I am without attributes; I am Śiva. I am devoid of duality and non-duality; I am free from pairs of opposites; I am That.

Verse Context

• Ātman–Brahman identity; nirguṇatva; dvandvātīta (transcendence of opposites)
• Mahavakya: Closest in purport to ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi) and ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ (Tat tvam asi): first-person realization ‘so ’smy aham’ expresses identity with ‘That’.
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (often transmitted with Maitrāyaṇī tradition; text also circulates independently in later recensions) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-śloka (classical śloka meter; post-Vedic style)