Atma Upanishad 23 — Verse 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तथैवोपाधिविलये ब्रह्मैव ब्रह्मवित्स्वयम् । क्षीरं क्षीरे यथा क्षिप्तं तैलं तैले जलं जले ॥२३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तथा । एव । उपाधि-विलये । ब्रह्म । एव । ब्रह्म-वित् । स्वयम् । क्षीरम् । क्षीरे । यथा । क्षिप्तम् । तैलम् । तैले । जलम् । जले ॥२३॥

IAST Transliteration

tathaivopādhivilaye brahmaiva brahmavit svayam | kṣīraṃ kṣīre yathā kṣiptaṃ tailaṃ taile jalaṃ jale ||23||

Translation

So too, when the adjuncts dissolve, the knower of Brahman is himself Brahman alone; as milk poured into milk, oil into oil, water into water becomes one.

Academic Translation

So too, upon the dissolution of adjuncts, the knower of Brahman is himself Brahman alone; as milk (poured) into milk, oil into oil, water into water (becomes one).

Verse Context

• Upādhi-vilaya; non-difference (abheda) of jñānī and Brahman
• Mahavakya: Reinforces ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi) and ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ (Tat tvam asi) via abheda after negating upādhis.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)