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Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ज्ञानं ततोप्यनन्तो नः पूर्णोन्तः शुकमात्मना / न नित्यभावाज्जातोहमकृत्वादमृतोस्म्यहम् / दीपवद्धृदये ज्योतिरहं ब्रह्मास्मि मुक्तये

Transliteration

jñānaṃ tatopyananto naḥ pūrṇontaḥ śukamātmanā / na nityabhāvājjātohamakṛtvādamṛtosmyaham / dīpavaddhṛdaye jyotirahaṃ brahmāsmi muktaye

Translation

Knowledge is endless; within, I am complete—pure bliss as the Self. I am not born from any eternal “state”; being non-agent, I am immortal. Like a lamp, the light shines in the heart: “I am Brahman”—for liberation.

Word by Word
ज्ञानम्knowledge
ज्ञानम्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन
ततःthen, from that
ततः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb: then/from that)
अपिalso, even
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: also/even)
अनन्तःendless, infinite
अनन्तः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण
नःof us / to us
नः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive-Dative)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचन / चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (पाठसन्दर्भे सम्भाव्य)
पूर्णःfull, complete
पूर्णः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण
अन्तःwithin
अन्तः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तः (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
Formअव्यय (adverb/preposition-like: within/inside)
शुकम्parrot (or possibly grief if read as śokam)
शुकम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootशुक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (पाठानुसार अर्थ: शोकम् इति सम्भाव्य)
आत्मनाby the self
आत्मना:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
नnot
न:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
नित्यभावात्from eternal nature/state
नित्यभावात्:
Apadana (अपादान/Ablative-cause)
TypeNoun
Rootनित्यभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; (नित्यस्य भावः) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष
जातःborn
जातः:
Kriya (क्रिया/with implied 'asmi')
TypeAdjective
Rootजात (प्रातिपदिक; √जन्-जनन)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अकृत्वात्from non-doership / from not having acted
अकृत्वात्:
Apadana (अपादान/Ablative-cause)
TypeNoun
Rootअकृत्व (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; भाववाचक (state/absence of agency)
अमृतःimmortal
अमृतः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण
अस्मिam
अस्मि:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
दीपवत्like a lamp
दीपवत्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदीपवत् (अव्ययभाव/प्रातिपदिक)
Formउपमानवाचक अव्यय (adverbial: like a lamp)
हृदयेin the heart
हृदये:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
ज्योतिःlight
ज्योतिः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
ब्रह्मBrahman, the Absolute
ब्रह्म:
Kriya (क्रिया/with 'asmi')
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)
अस्मिam
अस्मि:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
मुक्तयेfor liberation
मुक्तये:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Purpose-Dative)
TypeNoun
Rootमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन
Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda/Vinatā-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Self is complete, pure bliss, unborn and non-agent; immortality is realized through direct knowledge—‘I am Brahman’—shining like a lamp in the heart.

Vedantic Theme: Mahāvākya ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ (Bṛhadāraṇyaka); akartṛtva/abhoktṛtva; ajāti/unborn Self; sākṣī-caitanya as inner light; jñāna as mokṣa-sādhana.

Application: Contemplate akartṛtva: observe actions as occurring in body-mind while abiding as witness; meditate on the heart-light and assimilate the mahāvākya through śravaṇa–manana–nididhyāsana.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: inner_sanctum

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.236 (mahāvākya-oriented liberation teaching)

Characters & Entities
B
Brahman
A
Atman

FAQs

This verse uses “ahaṃ brahmāsmi” as a direct liberating contemplation: realizing the Self as Brahman, the inner light, is presented as the means to moksha.

It links immortality to akartṛtva (non-doership): the Self is not a produced entity and is not bound by actions as an agent, so it is described as unborn and deathless.

Practice inner recollection that awareness is the “lamp in the heart,” reduce egoic doership in action, and cultivate steady self-inquiry aligned with dharma.

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