Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 12
Ātmā’s Unborn Nature and Fearlessness at Death
Parīkṣit’s Final Instruction
अहं ब्रह्म परं धाम ब्रह्माहं परमं पदम् । एवं समीक्ष्य चात्मानमात्मन्याधाय निष्कले ॥ ११ ॥ दशन्तं तक्षकं पादे लेलिहानं विषाननै: । न द्रक्ष्यसि शरीरं च विश्वं च पृथगात्मन: ॥ १२ ॥
ahaṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma brahmāhaṁ paramaṁ padam evaṁ samīkṣya cātmānam ātmany ādhāya niṣkale
「我はブラフマン、至上の住処であり、かのブラフマンという至上の到達点もまた我と不二である」と観じ、無垢なるパラマートマンに自己を安置すれば、毒牙を舐めつつ近づくタクシャカが足を噛んでも、汝はそれをさえ覚知しない。死にゆく身体も物質世界も見えず、己がそれらと別であると悟るからである。
FAQs
This verse teaches inward contemplation—recognizing the Self as Brahman and fixing the mind in the partless Absolute as a direct means toward liberation.
Because Parīkṣit was preparing to leave the body imminently, Śukadeva instructed the most direct, fear-transcending realization—identity with the imperishable Self.
Practice steady remembrance and self-observation: withdraw attention from panic and bodily fear, and anchor awareness in the changeless witness within.