Ganapati Upanishad 3: Verse 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ॐ नमस्ते गणपतये । त्वमेव प्रत्यक्षं तत्त्वमसि । त्वमेव केवलं कर्तासि । त्वमेव केवलं धर्तासि । त्वमेव केवलं हर्तासि । त्वमेव सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्मासि । त्वं साक्षादात्मासि नित्यम् । ऋतं वच्मि । सत्यं वच्मि ॥१–३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ॐ । नमः ते । गणपतये । त्वम् एव । प्रत्यक्षम् । तत्त्वम् असि । त्वम् एव । केवलम् । कर्ता असि । त्वम् एव । केवलम् । धर्ता असि । त्वम् एव । केवलम् । हर्ता असि । त्वम् एव । सर्वम् । खलु । इदम् । ब्रह्म असि । त्वम् । साक्षात् । आत्मा असि । नित्यम् । ऋतम् । वच्मि । सत्यम् । वच्मि ।

Sanskrit recitationGanapati Upanishad 3

IAST Transliteration

oṃ namaste gaṇapataye | tvam eva pratyakṣaṃ tattvam asi | tvam eva kevalaṃ kartāsi | tvam eva kevalaṃ dhartāsi | tvam eva kevalaṃ hartāsi | tvam eva sarvaṃ khalvidaṃ brahmāsi | tvaṃ sākṣād ātmāsi nityam | ṛtaṃ vacmi | satyaṃ vacmi ||1–3||

Translation

ഓം നമസ്തേ ഗണപതയേ। നീയേ പ്രത്യക്ഷമായ തത്ത്വം. നീയേ ഏകമാത്ര കർത്താവ്; നീയേ ഏകമാത്ര ധാരകൻ-പോഷകൻ; നീയേ ഏകമാത്ര ഹർത്താവ്-സംഹാരകൻ. നീയേ സത്യമായി ഇതെല്ലാം—ബ്രഹ്മം. നീ സാക്ഷാത് ആത്മാവ്, നിത്യം. ഞാൻ ഋതം (ധർമ്മനിയമം) പറയുന്നു; ഞാൻ സത്യം പറയുന്നു॥

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Academic Translation

Om. Salutation to you, O Gaṇapati. You alone are the directly manifest Reality. You alone are solely the agent (doer). You alone are solely the supporter (sustainer). You alone are solely the remover (withdrawer). You alone are indeed all this—Brahman. You are the Self, directly (immediately), eternally. I speak ṛta (cosmic order/right). I speak satya (truth).

Verse Context

• Brahman–Ātman identity; īśvara as pratyakṣa-tattva; satya/ṛta as dharmic truthfulness
• Mahavakya: Explicitly echoes the Mahāvākya ‘tat tvam asi’ (Chāndogya) by addressing Gaṇapati as ‘tattvam asi’; also resonates with ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’/‘sarvaṃ khalvidaṃ brahma’ themes (Bṛhadāraṇyaka/Chāndogya).
• Atharva
• Atharvaṇa (Gaṇapati Upaniṣad; commonly transmitted within Atharva-veda upaniṣadic corpus; specific śākhā not firmly attested) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose (gadya)