Mandukya Upanishad 10: Verse 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्वप्नस्थानस्तैजस उकारो द्वितीया मात्रा उत्कर्षात् उभयत्वाद्वा उत्कर्षति ह वै ज्ञानसन्ततिं समानश्च भवति नास्य अब्रह्मवित् कुले भवति य एवं वेद ॥१०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

स्वप्न-स्थानः । तैजसः । उकारः । द्वितीया । मात्रा । उत्कर्षात् । उभयत्वात्-वा । उत्कर्षति । ह । वै । ज्ञान-सन्ततिम् । समानः-च । भवति । न । अस्य । अब्रह्म-वित् । कुले । भवति । यः । एवम् । वेद ॥१०॥

Sanskrit recitationMandukya Upanishad 10

IAST Transliteration

svapnasthānas taijasa ukāro dvitīyā mātrā utkarṣāt ubhayatvād vā utkarṣati ha vai jñānasantatiṃ samānaś ca bhavati nāsya abrahmavit kule bhavati ya evaṃ veda ||10||

Translation

Der Taijasa, dessen Bereich der Traumzustand ist, ist der Laut U, die zweite Mora. Aufgrund seiner Überlegenheit (utkarṣa) oder weil er zwischen beiden steht (ubhayatva), fördert er wahrlich die Kontinuität der Erkenntnis und wird gleich. In seiner Linie gibt es keinen, der nicht Brahman erkennt — wer dies so weiß.

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Academic Translation

The Taijasa, whose sphere is the dream-state, is the letter U, the second mora. Because of superiority (utkarṣa), or because of being intermediate (ubhayatva), he indeed promotes the continuity of knowledge; and he becomes equal (to all). In his lineage there is no one who is not a knower of Brahman—whoever thus knows.

Verse Context

• AUM as mapping of states of consciousness; Taijasa (dream-self) and jñāna-santati (continuity of knowledge)
• Mahavakya: Indirect support to ‘Ayam Ātmā Brahma’ (Māṇḍūkya’s core teaching): by identifying dream-self with a limb of Oṃ, the seeker is led toward the non-dual Ātman/Brahman identity.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (traditionally associated with the Atharvaṇic corpus; specific śākhā not securely attested for Māṇḍūkya) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose