Paingala Upanishad 28: Verse 28

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तत्र तत्र परं ब्रह्म सर्वत्र समवस्थितम्। हन्यान्मुष्टिभिराकाशं क्षुधार्तः खण्डयेत्तुषम्। नाहं ब्रह्मेति जानाति तस्य मुक्तिर्न जायते॥२८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तत्र तत्र । परम् । ब्रह्म । सर्वत्र । समवस्थितम् । हन्यात् । मुष्टिभिः । आकाशम् । क्षुधा-आर्तः । खण्डयेत् । तुषम् । न । अहम् । ब्रह्म । इति । जानाति । तस्य । मुक्तिः । न । जायते ॥

Sanskrit recitationPaingala Upanishad 28

IAST Transliteration

tatra tatra paraṃ brahma sarvatra samavasthitam | hanyān muṣṭibhir ākāśaṃ kṣudhārtaḥ khaṇḍayet tuṣam | nāhaṃ brahmeti jānāti tasya muktir na jāyate ||28||

Translation

ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಪರಬ್ರಹ್ಮನು ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ಸಮವಾಗಿ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ. ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಮುಷ್ಟಿಗಳಿಂದ ಆಕಾಶವನ್ನು ಹೊಡೆಯಲಿ; ಹಸಿವಿನಿಂದ ಪೀಡಿತನು ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಯನ್ನು (ತೂಷವನ್ನು) ಪುಡಿಗೈಯಲಿ—ಹಾಗೆಯೇ “ನಾನು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನೇ” ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಯದವನಿಗೆ ಮುಕ್ತಿ ಉದಯಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.

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Academic Translation

Here and there, the supreme Brahman is everywhere equally present. One might strike the sky with fists; a man tormented by hunger might crush husks. (So too,) for one who does not know “I am Brahman,” liberation does not arise for him.

Verse Context

• Moksha through Brahma-jñāna (Aham Brahmāsmi)
• Mahavakya: Directly aligns with the mahāvākya “अहं ब्रह्मास्मि (ahaṃ brahmāsmi)” by asserting liberation depends on this knowledge.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)