Niralamba Upanishad 7: Verse 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
परमात्मेति च देहादेः परतरत्वाद् ब्रह्मैव ॥७॥
Padapatha (Word Split)
परमात्मा इति च । देह-आदेः । पर-तरत्वात् । ब्रह्म एव ॥७॥
IAST Transliteration
paramātmeti ca dehādeḥ parataratvād brahmaiva ||7||
Translation
สิ่งใดที่อยู่เหนือกายและสิ่งทั้งปวงที่เกี่ยวเนื่องกับกาย สิ่งนั้นแลคือพรหมันเท่านั้น และเรียกว่า ปรมาตมัน
Academic Translation
And (it is called) ‘the Supreme Self’ because it is higher than the body and the rest; it is Brahman alone.
Verse Context
Atman–Brahman identity; transcendence of upādhis (body etc.)Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ (Māṇḍūkya) by identifying the Self as Brahman beyond bodily adjuncts.AtharvaChandas: Prose (non-metrical Upaniṣadic style)
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