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Atma Upanishad 4: Verse 4

न च विद्या न चाविद्या न जगच्च न चापरम् । सत्यत्वेन जगद्भानं संसारस्य प्रवर्तकम्॥४॥

न । च । विद्या । न । च । अविद्या । न । जगत् । च । न । च । अपरम् । सत्यत्वेन । जगत्-भानम् । संसारस्य । प्रवर्तकम् ॥ ४ ॥

Sanskrit recitationAtma Upanishad 4

na ca vidyā na cāvidyā na jagac ca na cāparam | satyatvena jagadbhānaṃ saṃsārasya pravartakam ||4||

نہ وِدیا ہے نہ اَوِدیا؛ نہ جگت ہے نہ کوئی دوسرا۔ جگت کا سچ سمجھ کر دکھائی دینا ہی سنسار کو رواں کرتا ہے۔

There is neither knowledge nor ignorance, neither the world nor anything other. The appearance of the world taken as real is what sets saṃsāra in motion.

Saṃsāra driven by satya-buddhi (taking appearance as absolute); ultimate negation (paramārtha) of dual categoriesMahavakya: Supports mahāvākya purport by denying any second reality besides Brahman; complements ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ as freedom from saṃsāra through right knowledgeAtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

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