Verse 23

Atma

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तथैवोपाधिविलये ब्रह्मैव ब्रह्मवित्स्वयम् । क्षीरं क्षीरे यथा क्षिप्तं तैलं तैले जलं जले ॥२३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तथा । एव । उपाधि-विलये । ब्रह्म । एव । ब्रह्म-वित् । स्वयम् । क्षीरम् । क्षीरे । यथा । क्षिप्तम् । तैलम् । तैले । जलम् । जले ॥२३॥

IAST Transliteration

tathaivopādhivilaye brahmaiva brahmavit svayam | kṣīraṃ kṣīre yathā kṣiptaṃ tailaṃ taile jalaṃ jale ||23||

Translation

ਉਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਉਪਾਧੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਲਯ ਹੋਣ ਤੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਵਿਤ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਮਾਤ੍ਰ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ; ਜਿਵੇਂ ਦੁੱਧ ਦੁੱਧ ਵਿੱਚ, ਤੇਲ ਤੇਲ ਵਿੱਚ, ਪਾਣੀ ਪਾਣੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਿਲ ਕੇ ਇਕ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Academic Translation

So too, upon the dissolution of adjuncts, the knower of Brahman is himself Brahman alone; as milk (poured) into milk, oil into oil, water into water (becomes one).

Verse Context

• Upādhi-vilaya; non-difference (abheda) of jñānī and Brahman
• Mahavakya: Reinforces ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ (Aham brahmāsmi) and ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ (Tat tvam asi) via abheda after negating upādhis.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)