Maitreya Upanishad 11 — Verse 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अकारोकाररूपोऽस्मि मकारोऽस्मि सनातनः । धातृध्यानविहीनोऽस्मि ध्येयहीनोऽस्मि सोऽस्म्यहम् ॥११॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अकार-ओकार-रूपः अस्मि । मकारः अस्मि । सनातनः । धातृ-ध्यान-विहीनः अस्मि । ध्येय-हीनः अस्मि । सः अस्मि अहम् ॥११॥

IAST Transliteration

akāra-okāra-rūpo ’smi makāro ’smi sanātanaḥ | dhātṛ-dhyāna-vihīno ’smi dhyeya-hīno ’smi so ’smy aham ||11||

Translation

ഞാൻ ‘അ’യും ‘ഉ’യും എന്ന രൂപം; ഞാൻ ‘ം’ (മ്), സനാതനൻ. ഞാൻ ധാതൃ (സൃഷ്ടികർത്താവ്/പാലകൻ) ധ്യാനത്തിൽ നിന്നു രഹിതൻ; ധ്യേയത്തിലും രഹിതൻ. ഞാൻ അതുതന്നെ—ഞാനാണ്.

Academic Translation

I am of the form of ‘A’ and ‘U’; I am ‘M’, the eternal. I am devoid of meditation on the creator/sustainer (dhātṛ); I am devoid of an object of meditation; I am That— I am.

Verse Context

• Oṃ as Brahman; non-dual awareness beyond meditator–meditated duality
• Mahavakya: Supports ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ (Prajñānam Brahma) by identifying Oṃ with consciousness; ‘सोऽहम्’ identity aligns with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’.
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇīya tradition; later Vedāntic śloka layer) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style, post-Vedic)