Mandukya Upanishad 2 — Verse 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वं ह्येतद् ब्रह्मायमात्मा ब्रह्म सोऽयमात्मा चतुष्पात् ॥२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सर्वम् । हि । एतत् । ब्रह्म । अयम् । आत्मा । ब्रह्म । सः । अयम् । आत्मा । चतुष्पात् ॥

IAST Transliteration

sarvaṃ hy etad brahma ayam ātmā brahma so ’yam ātmā catuṣpāt ||2||

Translation

ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಈ ಸರ್ವವೂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವೇ; ಈ ಆತ್ಮ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವೇ. ಇದೇ ಆತ್ಮ ಚತುಷ್ಪಾತ್—ನಾಲ್ಕು ಪಾದಗಳನ್ನು (ನಾಲ್ಕು ಅಂಶಗಳನ್ನು) ಹೊಂದಿದೆ॥೨॥

Academic Translation

For all this indeed is Brahman. This Self is Brahman. This very Self has four quarters (four ‘feet’).

Verse Context

• Ātman–Brahman identity; four pādas (quarters) culminating in turīya
• Mahavakya: Directly expresses the mahāvākya ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ (Māṇḍūkya’s signature great saying).
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Śaunaka tradition; commonly transmitted as part of the Atharva corpus) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose