Maitreya Upanishad 8 — Verse 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नानात्मभेदहीनोऽस्मि ह्यखण्डानन्दविग्रहः । नाहमस्मि न चान्योऽस्मि देहादिरहितोऽस्म्यहम् ॥८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

नाना-आत्म-भेद-हीनः अस्मि हि अखण्ड-आनन्द-विग्रहः । न अहम् अस्मि न च अन्यः अस्मि । देह-आदि-रहितः अस्मि अहम् ॥८॥

IAST Transliteration

nānātmabhedahīno ’smi hy akhaṇḍānandavigrahaḥ | nāham asmi na cānyo ’smi dehādirahito ’smy aham ||8||

Translation

नानात्मभेदहीनोऽस्म्यहं अखण्डानन्दस्वरूपः। नाहं न चान्योऽस्मि देहादिरहितोऽहम्॥८॥

Academic Translation

I am indeed free from the distinction of many selves; I am of the nature (as it were, ‘form’) of undivided bliss. I am not (this empirical) ‘I’, nor am I another; I am devoid of body and the rest.

Verse Context

• Akhaṇḍānanda (undivided bliss) and non-difference of Ātman; dehātīta (beyond body)
• Mahavakya: Aligns with «तत्त्वमसि» (Tat Tvam Asi): the ‘thou’ (apparently embodied) is negated as body-mind, revealing the non-different, undivided bliss-nature of the Self.
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇīya śākhā) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-style; Upaniṣadic metrical verse)