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Atma Upanishad: Verse 3

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

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

Recitation with translationAtma Upanishad 3

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

ഗുരു-ശിഷ്യാദി ഭേദങ്ങളാൽ ബ്രഹ്മം തന്നെയാണ് പ്രതിഭാസിക്കുന്നത്. തത്ത്വദർശനത്തിൽ ബ്രഹ്മം മാത്രം—കേവലവും ശുദ്ധവും—ഉണ്ട്।

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

guruteacher
guru:
TypeNoun
Rootguru (prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅgaḥ, prātipadika in compound
śiṣyadisciple
śiṣya:
TypeNoun
Rootśiṣya (prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅgaḥ, prātipadika in compound
ādiand so on
ādi:
TypeNoun
Rootādi (prātipadika)
Formprātipadika (in compound)
bhedenaby distinction
bhedena:
TypeNoun
Rootbheda (prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅgaḥ, tṛtīyā-ekavacanam
brahmaBrahman
brahma:
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (prātipadika)
Formnapuṃsakaliṅgaḥ, prathamā-ekavacanam
evaalone
eva:
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (avyaya)
Formavyaya
pratibhāsateappears
pratibhāsate:
TypeVerb
Rootprati-√bhās (dhātu)
Formlaṭ, 3rd person, ekavacanam, ātmanepadam
brahmaBrahman
brahma:
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (prātipadika)
Formnapuṃsakaliṅgaḥ, prathamā-ekavacanam
evaalone
eva:
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (avyaya)
Formavyaya
kevalamonly
kevalam:
TypeAdjective
Rootkevala (prātipadika)
Formnapuṃsakaliṅgaḥ, prathamā/ dvitīyā-ekavacanam (adverbial)
śuddhampure
śuddham:
TypeAdjective
Rootśuddha (prātipadika)
Formnapuṃsakaliṅgaḥ, prathamā/ dvitīyā-ekavacanam (agreeing with brahma)
vidyateexists/is found
vidyate:
TypeVerb
Root√vid (dhātu)
Formlaṭ, 3rd person, ekavacanam, ātmanepadam (existential)
tattvareality
tattva:
TypeNoun
Roottattva (prātipadika)
Formnapuṃsakaliṅgaḥ, ṣaṣṭhī-ekavacanam in compound sense with darśana (or prātipadika in compound)
darśanein realization/seeing
darśane:
TypeNoun
Rootdarśana (prātipadika)
Formnapuṃsakaliṅgaḥ, saptamī-ekavacanam
  • Resolved: guruśiṣyādibhedena → guru + śiṣya + ādi + bhedena
  • brahmaiva → brahma eva
Non-duality sublating relational dualities; pedagogical duality (guru–śiṣya) as provisionalMahavakya: Aligns with ‘tat tvam asi’ by dissolving teacher–taught duality into identity in tattva-darśanaAtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

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