Atma Upanishad 3 — Verse 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गुरुशिष्यादिभेदेन ब्रह्मैव प्रतिभासते । ब्रह्मैव केवलं शुद्धं विद्यते तत्त्वदर्शने॥३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

गुरु-शिष्य-आदि-भेदेन । ब्रह्म । एव । प्रतिभासते । ब्रह्म । एव । केवलम् । शुद्धम् । विद्यते । तत्त्व-दर्शने ॥ ३ ॥

IAST Transliteration

guruśiṣyādibhedena brahmaiva pratibhāsate | brahmaiva kevalaṃ śuddhaṃ vidyate tattvadarśane ||3||

Translation

ಗುರು-ಶಿಷ್ಯಾದಿ ಭೇದಗಳಿಂದ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವೇ ಕಾಣಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ತತ್ತ್ವದರ್ಶನದಲ್ಲಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವೇ—ಕೇವಲವೂ ಶುದ್ಧವೂ—ವಿದ್ಯಮಾನ॥೩॥

Academic Translation

Through the division of guru and disciple and the like, Brahman alone appears. In the vision of truth, Brahman alone—pure and sole—exists.

Verse Context

• Non-duality sublating relational dualities; pedagogical duality (guru–śiṣya) as provisional
• Mahavakya: Aligns with ‘tat tvam asi’ by dissolving teacher–taught duality into identity in tattva-darśana
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)