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Kaivalya Upanishad: Verse 8

स ब्रह्मा स शिवः सेन्द्रः सोऽक्षरः परमः स्वराट् ।

स एव विष्णुः स प्राणः स कालोऽग्निः स चन्द्रमाः ॥

सः । ब्रह्मा । सः । शिवः । स-इन्द्रः । सः । अक्षरः । परमः । स्वराट् ।

सः । एव । विष्णुः । सः । प्राणः । सः । कालः । अग्निः । सः । चन्द्रमाः ।

Recitation with translationKaivalya Upanishad 8

sa brahmā sa śivaḥ sendraḥ so'kṣaraḥ paramaḥ svarāṭ |

sa eva viṣṇuḥ sa prāṇaḥ sa kālo'gniḥ sa candramāḥ ||

Er ist Brahmā; Er ist Śiva; Er ist (auch) Indra; Er ist das Unvergängliche, der Höchste, der aus sich selbst Herrschende. Er ist wahrlich Viṣṇu; Er ist prāṇa, der Lebenshauch; Er ist die Zeit; Er ist das Feuer; Er ist der Mond.

He is Brahmā; He is Śiva; He is (with) Indra; He is the imperishable; the supreme, self-ruling (sovereign). He indeed is Viṣṇu; He is prāṇa; He is Time; (He is) Fire; He is the Moon.

Nondual Brahman as the one reality underlying all deities and cosmic functions (ekaṃ sat / īśvara as sarvātmakatva)Mahavakya: Reinforces «प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म» by identifying all cosmic powers and functions with one conscious sovereign reality; supports mahāvākya purport that the ultimate referent is one Brahman, not many independent gods.AtharvaAtharva-veda (Kaivalya Upaniṣad; śākhā attribution not firmly fixed) ShakhaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

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