Brahmavidya Upanishad — Verse 60

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्राणिनां देहमध्ये तु स्थितो हंसः सदाच्युतः । हंस एव परं सत्यं हंस एव तु शक्तिकम् ॥६०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

प्राणिनाम् देह-मध्ये तु स्थितः हंसः सदा अच्युतः । हंसः एव परम् सत्यम् हंसः एव तु शक्तिकम् ।

IAST Transliteration

prāṇināṃ deha-madhye tu sthito haṃsaḥ sadācyutaḥ | haṃsa eva paraṃ satyaṃ haṃsa eva tu śaktikam ||60||

Translation

အသက်ရှိသတ္တဝါတို့၏ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာအတွင်း၌ ဟံသသည် တည်ရှိနေ၏၊ အမြဲ အချျုတ—မလဲမကျ မပြောင်းမလဲ။ ဟံသသာ အမြင့်ဆုံး သစ္စာတရား ဖြစ်၏; ဟံသသာပင် သက္တိ—သန့်ရှင်းသော အင်အား ဖြစ်၏။

Academic Translation

Within the body of living beings indeed abides the Haṃsa, ever unfallen (unchanging). Haṃsa alone is the supreme truth; Haṃsa alone, indeed, is power.

Verse Context

• Ātman/Brahman immanent in the body; satya (ultimate reality) and śakti (power) as aspects of the Self
• Mahavakya: Resonates with ‘अयम् आत्मा ब्रह्म’ (Ayam Ātmā Brahma): the indwelling reality in the body is Brahman; expressed through the Haṃsa symbol rather than direct mahāvākya form.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style)