Paingala Upanishad 25: Verse 25

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अहं ब्रह्मेति नियतं मोक्षहेतुर्महात्मनाम्। द्वे पदे बन्धमोक्षाय न ममेति ममेति च॥२५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अहम् । ब्रह्म । इति । नियतम् । मोक्ष-हेतुः । महात्मनाम् । द्वे । पदे । बन्ध-मोक्षाय । न । मम । इति । मम । इति । च ॥२५॥

Sanskrit recitationPaingala Upanishad 25

IAST Transliteration

ahaṃ brahmeti niyataṃ mokṣa-hetur mahātmanām | dve pade bandha-mokṣāya na mameti mameti ca ||25||

Translation

確かな智「我はブラフマンなり」は、大いなる魂の解脱の確定因である。束縛と解脱には二つの語がある――「我がものにあらず」と「我がものなり」。

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Academic Translation

The fixed (certain) cause of liberation for the great-souled is (the knowledge) “I am Brahman.” For bondage and liberation there are two words: “not mine” and “mine.”

Verse Context

• Moksha through Brahma-jnana; mamakara (mine-ness) as bondage
• Mahavakya: Directly aligns with the Mahāvākya “अहं ब्रह्मास्मि (ahaṃ brahmāsmi)” (Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, Yajurveda); Paingala reiterates its liberating import.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)