Atma Upanishad 7 — Verse 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न देशं नापि कालं वा न शुद्धिं वाप्यपेक्षते । देवदत्तोऽहमित्येतद्विज्ञानं निरपेक्षकम् ॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

न । देशम् । न । अपि । कालम् । वा । न । शुद्धिम् । वा । अपि । अपेक्षते । देवदत्तः । अहम् । इति । एतत् । विज्ञानम् । निरपेक्षकम् ॥

IAST Transliteration

na deśaṃ nāpi kālaṃ vā na śuddhiṃ vāpyapekṣate | devadatto’ham ity etad vijñānaṃ nirapekṣakam ||7||

Translation

それは場所にも時間にも、さらには浄・不浄の条件にも依らない。『私はデーヴァダッタである』という認識は、かかる条件を要しない自立の知である。

Academic Translation

It depends neither on place nor on time, nor even on purity (ritual cleanliness). The cognition “I am Devadatta” is independent (of such conditions).

Verse Context

• Immediate self-cognition (aparokṣa-anubhava) and independence from ritual conditions; jñāna over karma
• Mahavakya: Analogical support for ‘Aham Brahmāsmi’—identity-knowledge is immediate and not produced by external conditions.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)