Atma Upanishad: Verse 3
गुरुशिष्यादिभेदेन ब्रह्मैव प्रतिभासते । ब्रह्मैव केवलं शुद्धं विद्यते तत्त्वदर्शने॥३॥
गुरु-शिष्य-आदि-भेदेन । ब्रह्म । एव । प्रतिभासते । ब्रह्म । एव । केवलम् । शुद्धम् । विद्यते । तत्त्व-दर्शने ॥ ३ ॥
guruśiṣyādibhedena brahmaiva pratibhāsate | brahmaiva kevalaṃ śuddhaṃ vidyate tattvadarśane ||3||
गुरु भी ब्रह्मा है, शिष्य भी ब्रह्मा है। दोनों में भेद है, लेकिन असल में ब्रह्मा ही है। सच्चाई को जब देखो, तब ब्रह्मा ही मिलता है। वो भी साफ और अकेला।
Through the division of guru and disciple and the like, Brahman alone appears. In the vision of truth, Brahman alone—pure and sole—exists.
- Resolved: guruśiṣyādibhedena → guru + śiṣya + ādi + bhedena
- brahmaiva → brahma eva
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Non-duality sublating relational dualities; pedagogical duality (guru–śiṣya) as provisional
- The mahavakyas
- Aligns with ‘tat tvam asi’ by dissolving teacher–taught duality into identity in tattva-darśana
- Veda
- Atharva Veda
- Chandas
- Anuṣṭubh (śloka)
Yoga and practice
Encourages surrender to instruction while recognizing non-dual culmination; supports nididhyāsana where subject–object and knower–known relax into pure awareness
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