Yagyavalkya Upanishad: Verse 32
चिदिहास्तीति चिन्मात्रमिदं चिन्मयमेव च ।
चित्त्वं चिदहमेते च लोकाश्चिदिति भावय ॥३२॥
चित् । इह । अस्ति । इति । चित्-मात्रम् । इदम् । चित्-मयम् । एव । च ।
चित् । त्वम् । चित् । अहम् । एते । च । लोकाः । चित् । इति । भावय ॥३२॥
cid ihāstīti cinmātram idaṃ cinmayam eva ca | cittvaṃ cid aham ete ca lokāś cid iti bhāvaya ||32||
ध्यान में यह रखो कि चेतना यहीं है। यह सब चेतना से बना है। तुम चेतना हो, मैं चेतना हूँ, और यह दुनिया भी चेतना है।
Meditate thus: ‘Consciousness exists here’; this (all) is only consciousness, indeed made of consciousness. You are consciousness; I am consciousness; these worlds too are consciousness.
- cid ihāsti → cit iha asti (final -d before vowel; written cid)
- cinmātram/ cinmayam/ cittvam are cit-compounds (cit + mātra/maya/tva) with assimilation n/tt by internal sandhi
- lokāś cid → lokāḥ cit (visarga before c)
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Brahman/Ātman as pure consciousness (cit); non-duality (advaita)
- The mahavakyas
- Strongly aligned with ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ (Bṛhadāraṇyaka) and ‘tat tvam asi’ (Chāndogya) via identity of self and consciousness/Brahman.
- Veda
- Yajur
- Shakha
- Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasaneyī) — traditional association; text is a late Yoga-Upaniṣad with fluid śākhā attribution
- Chandas
- Anuṣṭubh (śloka)
Yoga and practice
Vijñāna-bhāvanā / nididhyāsana: repeated contemplation of ‘sarvaṃ cid-rūpam’; supports sākṣī-bhāva, dissolution of subject-object split, and stabilization of non-dual awareness in meditation.
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