Mandukya Upanishad 2 - Verse 2

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Mandukya Upanishad: Verse 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वं ह्येतद् ब्रह्मायमात्मा ब्रह्म सोऽयमात्मा चतुष्पात् ॥२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सर्वम् । हि । एतत् । ब्रह्म । अयम् । आत्मा । ब्रह्म । सः । अयम् । आत्मा । चतुष्पात् ॥

Recitation with translationMandukya Upanishad 2

IAST Transliteration

sarvaṃ hy etad brahma ayam ātmā brahma so ’yam ātmā catuṣpāt ||2||

Translation

یقیناً یہ سب برہمن ہی ہے۔ یہ آتما (خودی/نفسِ حقیقی) برہمن ہے۔ یہی آتما چار پاد (چار رُبع/چار پہلو) رکھتی ہے۔

Academic Translation

For all this indeed is Brahman. This Self is Brahman. This very Self has four quarters (four ‘feet’).

Word by Word

sarvamall

hiindeed

etatthis

brahmaBrahman

ayamthis

ātmāthe Self

brahmaBrahman

saḥhe/that

ayamthis

ātmāSelf

catuṣpātfour-footed (having four quarters)

Sandhi Notes

so ’yam = saḥ + ayam (visarga → o, avagraha)
catuṣpāt = catuṣ + pāt (from catuṣpād, nominative singular)

Verse Context

Ātman–Brahman identity; four pādas (quarters) culminating in turīyaMahavakya: Directly expresses the mahāvākya ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ (Māṇḍūkya’s signature great saying).AtharvaAtharva-veda (Śaunaka tradition; commonly transmitted as part of the Atharva corpus) ShakhaChandas: Prose

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