Atma Upanishad: Verse 5
असत्यत्वेन भानं तु संसारस्य निवर्तकम् । घटोऽयमिति विज्ञातुं नियमः कोऽन्वपेक्षते॥५॥
विना प्रमाणसुष्ठुत्वं यस्मिन् सति पदार्थधीः । अयमात्मा नित्यसिद्धः प्रमाणे सति भासते॥६॥
असत्यत्वेन । भानम् । तु । संसारस्य । निवर्तकम् । घटः । अयम् । इति । विज्ञातुम् । नियमः । कः । अन्व्-अपेक्षते ॥ ५ ॥
विना । प्रमाण-सुष्ठुत्वम् । यस्मिन् । सति । पदार्थ-धीः । अयम् । आत्मा । नित्य-सिद्धः । प्रमाणे । सति । भासते ॥ ६ ॥
asatyatvena bhānaṃ tu saṃsārasya nivartakam | ghaṭo 'yam iti vijñātuṃ niyamaḥ ko 'nvapekṣate ||5||
vinā pramāṇasuṣṭhutvaṃ yasmin sati padārthadhīḥ | ayam ātmā nityasiddhaḥ pramāṇe sati bhāsate ||6||
दुनिया को झूठ मान लेना, यही जनम-मरण खत्म करता है। हांडी है, यह जानने के लिए कोई नियम की ज़रूरत नहीं है। हाथ से छू के देख लो, पता चल जाता है। बिना किसी प्रूफ के भी चीज़ों का ज्ञान हो जाता है। यह आत्मा हमेशा से है, जब प्रूफ मिलता है तब दिखता है।
But the appearance (of the world) as unreal is what brings saṃsāra to cessation. To know ‘this is a pot’, what rule does one depend upon? Without the proper functioning of a means of knowledge, when cognition of an object occurs—this Self is ever-accomplished; it shines when a means of knowledge is present.
- Resolved: ghaṭo ’yam → ghaṭaḥ ayam
- ko ’nvapekṣate → kaḥ anvapekṣate. Verses 5-6 treated under same verse_id as provided
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Pramāṇa and self-revelation; cessation of saṃsāra through asatya-darśana of appearances; nitya-siddha ātman
- The mahavakyas
- Connects to mahāvākya methodology: Upaniṣadic sentences function as pramāṇa revealing identity (e.g., ‘ayam ātmā brahma’, ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’)—Self is not produced, only recognized
- Veda
- Atharva Veda
- Chandas
- Anuṣṭubh (śloka)
Yoga and practice
Shifts emphasis from ‘producing’ realization to removing error; supports śravaṇa–manana–nididhyāsana as the primary ‘means’, with meditation stabilizing the insight that the Self is already present (nitya-siddha)
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