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Atma Upanishad 4 — Verse 4

न च विद्या न चाविद्या न जगच्च न चापरम् । सत्यत्वेन जगद्भानं संसारस्य प्रवर्तकम्॥४॥

न । च । विद्या । न । च । अविद्या । न । जगत् । च । न । च । अपरम् । सत्यत्वेन । जगत्-भानम् । संसारस्य । प्रवर्तकम् ॥ ४ ॥

na ca vidyā na cāvidyā na jagac ca na cāparam | satyatvena jagadbhānaṃ saṃsārasya pravartakam ||4||

There is neither knowledge nor ignorance, neither the world nor anything other. The appearance of the world taken as real is what sets saṃsāra in motion.

Saṃsāra driven by satya-buddhi (taking appearance as absolute); ultimate negation (paramārtha) of dual categoriesMahavakya: Supports mahāvākya purport by denying any second reality besides Brahman; complements ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ as freedom from saṃsāra through right knowledgeAtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)
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