Atma Upanishad 7 — Verse 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

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

Padapatha (Word Split)

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

IAST Transliteration

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

Translation

ความรู้ว่า “เราคือเทวทัต” มิได้อาศัยสถานที่ มิได้อาศัยกาลเวลา และมิได้อาศัยความบริสุทธิ์ตามพิธีกรรม เป็นญาณที่เป็นอิสระจากเงื่อนไขทั้งปวง

Academic Translation

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

Verse Context

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