Verse 70

Yogatattva

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद्यच्छृणोति कर्णाभ्यां तत्तदात्मेति भावयेत् । लभते नासया यद्यत् तत्तदात्मेति भावयेत् ॥७०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यत् यत् शृणोति कर्णाभ्याम् तत् तत् आत्मा इति भावयेत् । लभते नासया यत् यत् तत् तत् आत्मा इति भावयेत् ॥

IAST Transliteration

yad yac chṛṇoti karṇābhyāṃ tat tad ātmeti bhāvayet | labhate nāsayā yad yat tat tad ātmeti bhāvayet ||70||

Translation

Whatever one hears with the two ears, one should contemplate it as: “That is the Ātman (the Self).” Whatever one smells with the nose, one should contemplate it as: “That is the Ātman.”

Academic Translation

Whatever one hears with the two ears—one should contemplate that as ‘that is the Self’. Whatever one smells with the nose—one should contemplate that as ‘that is the Self’.

Verse Context

• Atman
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘sarvaṃ khalv idaṃ brahma’ (all this is Brahman) and aligns with ‘aham brahmāsmi’ by internalizing non-difference in experience.
• Krishna Yajurveda
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)