Atma Upanishad 8 — Verse 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद्वद्ब्रह्मविदोऽप्यस्य ब्रह्माहमिति वेदनम् । भानुनेव जगत्सर्वं भास्यते यस्य तेजसा ॥८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तद्वत् । ब्रह्म-विदः । अपि । अस्य । ब्रह्म । अहम् । इति । वेदनम् । भानुना । इव । जगत् । सर्वम् । भास्यते । यस्य । तेजसा ॥

IAST Transliteration

tadvat brahmavido’py asya brahmāham iti vedanam | bhānuneva jagat sarvaṃ bhāsyate yasya tejasā ||8||

Translation

ထိုနည်းတူပင် ဘြဟ္မကို သိသူ (Brahmavid) အတွက် “ငါသည် ဘြဟ္မ ဖြစ်သည်” ဟူသော ဗေဒနာ/သိမြင်မှုသည် တိုက်ရိုက်၍ အခြားအရာမလို။ နေမင်းကဲ့သို့ သူ၏ တေဇော (အလင်းရောင်) ကြောင့် စကြဝဠာတစ်လုံးလုံး ထင်ရှားလင်းလက်သည်။

Academic Translation

So too, for the knower of Brahman, this knowledge—“I am Brahman”—(is independent/immediate). Like (the world) by the sun, the entire universe is illumined by whose radiance.

Verse Context

• Aham Brahmāsmi; consciousness as self-luminous (svayaṃ-prakāśa) and illuminator of all experience
• Mahavakya: Directly aligns with ‘Aham Brahmāsmi’ (Bṛhadāraṇyaka) and supports the doctrine of consciousness as the illuminator of all objects.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)