Niralamba Upanishad: Verse 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परमात्मेति च देहादेः परतरत्वाद् ब्रह्मैव ॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

परमात्मा इति च । देह-आदेः । पर-तरत्वात् । ब्रह्म एव ॥७॥

Recitation with translationNiralamba Upanishad 7

IAST Transliteration

paramātmeti ca dehādeḥ parataratvād brahmaiva ||7||

Translation

परमात्मा वोह है जो शरीर से भी ऊपर है। शरीर की बात नहीं, उससे भी आगे। वोही ब्रह्मा है।

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Academic Translation

And (it is called) ‘the Supreme Self’ because it is higher than the body and the rest; it is Brahman alone.

Verse Context

• Atman–Brahman identity; transcendence of upādhis (body etc.)
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ (Māṇḍūkya) by identifying the Self as Brahman beyond bodily adjuncts.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (non-metrical Upaniṣadic style)