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Atma Upanishad 7 — Verse 7

न देशं नापि कालं वा न शुद्धिं वाप्यपेक्षते । देवदत्तोऽहमित्येतद्विज्ञानं निरपेक्षकम् ॥७॥

न । देशम् । न । अपि । कालम् । वा । न । शुद्धिम् । वा । अपि । अपेक्षते । देवदत्तः । अहम् । इति । एतत् । विज्ञानम् । निरपेक्षकम् ॥

na deśaṃ nāpi kālaṃ vā na śuddhiṃ vāpyapekṣate | devadatto’ham ity etad vijñānaṃ nirapekṣakam ||7||

न देशं न कालं नापि शुद्धिं अपेक्षते; “अहं देवदत्तः” इति विज्ञानं निरपेक्षकमेव।

It depends neither on place nor on time, nor even on purity (ritual cleanliness). The cognition “I am Devadatta” is independent (of such conditions).

Immediate self-cognition (aparokṣa-anubhava) and independence from ritual conditions; jñāna over karmaMahavakya: Analogical support for ‘Aham Brahmāsmi’—identity-knowledge is immediate and not produced by external conditions.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)
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