Verse 7

Bahvricha

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्मेति वा अहं ब्रह्मास्मीति वा भाष्यते । तत्त्वमसीत्येव संभाष्यते । अयमात्मा ब्रह्मेति वा ब्रह्मैवाहमस्मीति वा ॥ ७ ॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

प्रज्ञानम् । ब्रह्म । इति । वा । अहम् । ब्रह्म । अस्मि । इति । वा । भाष्यते । तत्त्वम् । असि । इति । एव । संभाष्यते । अयम् । आत्मा । ब्रह्म । इति । वा । ब्रह्म । एव । अहम् । अस्मि । इति । वा ।

IAST Transliteration

prajñānaṃ brahmeti vā ahaṃ brahmāsmīti vā bhāṣyate | tattvam asīty eva saṃbhāṣyate | ayam ātmā brahmeti vā brahmaivāham asmīti vā || 7 ||

Translation

‘প্রজ্ঞানই ব্রহ্ম’ অথবা ‘আমি ব্রহ্ম’—এমনই বলা হয়; ‘তত্ত্বমসি’—এটাই নিশ্চিতভাবে উচ্চারিত; ‘এই আত্মাই ব্রহ্ম’ অথবা ‘আমি-ই ব্রহ্ম’—এমনও বলা হয়।

Academic Translation

‘Consciousness is Brahman,’ or ‘I am Brahman,’ is declared; ‘That thou art’ is indeed spoken; ‘This Self is Brahman,’ or ‘I indeed am Brahman,’ (is declared).

Verse Context

• Mahāvākya teaching; identity of Ātman and Brahman; prajñāna (pure consciousness)
• Mahavakya: Directly cites/echoes all four Mahāvākyas: ‘prajñānaṃ brahma’ (Aitareya), ‘aham brahmāsmi’ (Bṛhadāraṇyaka), ‘tat tvam asi’ (Chāndogya), ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ (Māṇḍūkya).
• Rig
• Bāṣkala (Bahvṛca/R̥gvedic tradition; Śrīvidyā-oriented Upaniṣad) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose (gadyam)