Verse 2

Mandukya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वं ह्येतद् ब्रह्मायमात्मा ब्रह्म सोऽयमात्मा चतुष्पात् ॥२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सर्वम् । हि । एतत् । ब्रह्म । अयम् । आत्मा । ब्रह्म । सः । अयम् । आत्मा । चतुष्पात् ॥

IAST Transliteration

sarvaṃ hy etad brahma ayam ātmā brahma so ’yam ātmā catuṣpāt ||2||

Translation

ਨਿਸਚੇ ਹੀ ਇਹ ਸਭ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਹੈ; ਇਹ ਆਤਮਾ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਹੈ। ਇਹੀ ਆਤਮਾ ਚਤੁਸ਼ਪਾਤ—ਚਾਰ ਪਾਦ (ਚਾਰ ਅੰਸ਼) ਵਾਲਾ ਹੈ॥੨॥

Academic Translation

For all this indeed is Brahman. This Self is Brahman. This very Self has four quarters (four ‘feet’).

Verse Context

• Ātman–Brahman identity; four pādas (quarters) culminating in turīya
• Mahavakya: Directly expresses the mahāvākya ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ (Māṇḍūkya’s signature great saying).
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Śaunaka tradition; commonly transmitted as part of the Atharva corpus) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose