Verse 10

Kaivalya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि ।

सम्पश्यन् ब्रह्म परमं याति नान्येन हेतुना ॥१०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सर्व-भूत-स्थम् आत्मानम् । सर्व-भूतानि च आत्मनि ।

सम्पश्यन् ब्रह्म परमम् याति । न अन्येन हेतुना ॥१०॥

IAST Transliteration

sarvabhūtastham ātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmani |

sampaśyan brahma paramaṃ yāti nānyena hetunā ||10||

Translation

ஆத்மா எல்லாப் பூதங்களிலும் நிலைத்திருக்கிறது என்றும், எல்லாப் பூதங்களும் ஆத்மாவிலேயே உள்ளன என்றும் சம்யகாகக் காண்பவன் பரம்பிரம்மத்தை அடைகிறான்—வேறு எந்த வழியாலும் அல்ல.

Academic Translation

Seeing the Self abiding in all beings, and all beings in the Self, one attains the supreme Brahman—by no other means.

Verse Context

• Atman–Brahman identity; sarvātma-bhāva (the Self as all) leading to mokṣa
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of «अहं ब्रह्मास्मि» (Aham brahmāsmi) and «तत्त्वमसि» (Tat tvam asi) by asserting non-dual vision of Self in all and all in Self.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Kaivalya Upaniṣad; traditionally associated with Atharvaṇic corpus; specific śākhā attribution not firmly fixed in surviving recensions) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka-like)