Verse 7

Niralamba

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परमात्मेति च देहादेः परतरत्वाद् ब्रह्मैव ॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

परमात्मा इति च । देह-आदेः । पर-तरत्वात् । ब्रह्म एव ॥७॥

IAST Transliteration

paramātmeti ca dehādeḥ parataratvād brahmaiva ||7||

Translation

ದೇಹಾದಿಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ಪರಮವಾದ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮನೆಂದು ತಿಳಿಯಲ್ಪಡುವ ತತ್ತ್ವವೇ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವೇ ಆಗಿದೆ॥೭॥

Academic Translation

And (it is called) ‘the Supreme Self’ because it is higher than the body and the rest; it is Brahman alone.

Verse Context

• Atman–Brahman identity; transcendence of upādhis (body etc.)
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ (Māṇḍūkya) by identifying the Self as Brahman beyond bodily adjuncts.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose (non-metrical Upaniṣadic style)