Atma Upanishad: Verse 2
जगद्रूपतयाप्येतद्ब्रह्मैव प्रतिभासते । विद्याविद्यादिभेदेन भावाभावादिभेदतः॥२॥
जगत्-रूपतया । अपि । एतत् । ब्रह्म । एव । प्रतिभासते । विद्या-अविद्या-आदिभेदेन । भाव-अभाव-आदिभेदतः ॥ २ ॥
jagadrūpatayāpy etad brahmaiva pratibhāsate | vidyāvidyādibhedena bhāvābhāvādibhedataḥ ||2||
জগতৰ ৰূপতো এইটো ব্ৰহ্মই প্ৰতিভাসিত হয়—বিদ্যা-অবিদ্যাৰ ভেদে, ভাব-অভাব আদি ভেদে।
Even in the form of the world, this is Brahman alone that appears—through the division of knowledge and ignorance, through the division of being and non-being, and the like.
- Resolved: jagadrūpatayāpy → jagadrūpatayā api
- brahmaiva → brahma eva
- vidyāvidyādibhedena → vidyā + avidyā + ādi + bhedena
- bhāvābhāvādibhedataḥ → bhāva + abhāva + ādi + bhedataḥ
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Māyā/avidyā-based appearance (pratibhāsa) of jagat upon Brahman
- The mahavakyas
- Reinforces ‘sarvaṃ khalv idaṃ brahma’ (Chāndogya) in spirit; supports mahāvākya purport that all appearances are Brahman alone
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Anuṣṭubh (śloka)
Yoga and practice
Cultivates viveka (discrimination) during meditation: perceive phenomena as appearances in consciousness; supports non-reactivity and deconstruction of dualistic cognition
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