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Atma Upanishad 23: Verse 23

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

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

Sanskrit recitationAtma Upanishad 23

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

એ જ રીતે ઉપાધિઓ વિલય પામે ત્યારે બ્રહ્મવિદ્ સ્વયં બ્રહ્મ જ રહે છે; જેમ દૂધ દૂધમાં, તેલ તેલમાં, પાણી પાણીમાં ભળી એકરૂપ થાય છે.

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).

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

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