Verse 13

Aitreya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स जातो भूतान्यभिव्यैख्यत्—किमिहान्यं वावदिषदिति। स एतमेव पुरुषं ब्रह्म ततममपश्यत्। इदमदर्शनमिति॥१३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सः । जातः । भूतानि । अभि-व्यैख्यत् । किम् । इह । अन्यम् । वा । अवदिषत् । इति । सः । एतम् । एव । पुरुषम् । ब्रह्म । ततम् । अपश्यत् । इदम् । अदर्शनम् । इति ॥१३॥

IAST Transliteration

sa jāto bhūtāny abhivyaikhyat—kim ihānyaṃ vāvadīṣad iti | sa etam eva puruṣaṃ brahma tatam apaśyat | idam adarśanam iti ||13||

Translation

On awakening into manifestation, the Self looked upon all creatures and knew: “There is nothing other than That to be spoken of.” He beheld the one all-pervading Person as Brahman and recognized: “This alone is true vision.”

Academic Translation

Being born, he surveyed the beings: “What else is there here that I should speak of?” He saw this very Person—Brahman—pervading (all). (He realized:) “This is the seeing (vision).”

Verse Context

• Brahman as the all-pervading Puruṣa; non-dual vision (ātma-brahma-aikya)
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of “अहं ब्रह्मास्मि (ahaṃ brahmāsmi)” by identifying the ‘I’/Puruṣa as Brahman pervading all; also aligns with “प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म (prajñānaṃ brahma)” as ‘seeing/knowing’ is Brahman.
• Rig
• Śākala (Ṛgveda) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose