Verse 8

Atma

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद्वद्ब्रह्मविदोऽप्यस्य ब्रह्माहमिति वेदनम् । भानुनेव जगत्सर्वं भास्यते यस्य तेजसा ॥८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तद्वत् । ब्रह्म-विदः । अपि । अस्य । ब्रह्म । अहम् । इति । वेदनम् । भानुना । इव । जगत् । सर्वम् । भास्यते । यस्य । तेजसा ॥

IAST Transliteration

tadvat brahmavido’py asya brahmāham iti vedanam | bhānuneva jagat sarvaṃ bhāsyate yasya tejasā ||8||

Translation

Ebenso ist für den Brahman-Kenner dieses Wissen — „Ich bin Brahman“ — unmittelbar und unabhängig. Wie durch die Sonne, so wird das ganze Universum durch den Glanz dessen erleuchtet, durch dessen Strahlenkraft alles erstrahlt.

Academic Translation

So too, for the knower of Brahman, this knowledge—“I am Brahman”—(is independent/immediate). Like (the world) by the sun, the entire universe is illumined by whose radiance.

Verse Context

• Aham Brahmāsmi; consciousness as self-luminous (svayaṃ-prakāśa) and illuminator of all experience
• Mahavakya: Directly aligns with ‘Aham Brahmāsmi’ (Bṛhadāraṇyaka) and supports the doctrine of consciousness as the illuminator of all objects.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)