mahAvAkyaratnAvaliH- Translation No. 27

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*Translation of mahAvAkyas- No.27- Sentences declaring the identity of the

jIva and brahman.*

 

90. sa yaSca ayam purushe yaSca asau Aditye, sa ekaH—taitt. up. 2.8.5-

 

He who is in this human being, and he who is there in the sun, are one.

 

The same brahman is the indwelling self in human beings as well as in the

sun.

 

brihad. up. 3.7.9 says: He who dwells in the sun, who is within it, whom the

sun does not know, whose body is the sun, and who controls the sun from

within, is the Internal Ruler (antaryAmI), your own immortal self.

 

The same statement is made with regard to earth, water, fire, air, sky,

heaven, the quarters, moon, ether, etc., and it is finally concluded thus:

He who dwells in all beings, who is within them, whom no being knows, whose

body is all beings, and who controls all beings from within, is the Internal

Ruler, your own immortal self.

 

91. satyam AtmA brahma eva, brahma AtmA eva atra hi eva na vicikitsyam---

 

AtmA is really brahman itself, and brahman is AtmA itself. In this matter

there need not be any doubt at all.

 

92. tvam brahma asi, aham brahma asmi, AvayoH antaram na vidyate, tvam eva

aham, aham eva tvam—

 

You are brahman, I am brahman, there is no difference between us, you

yourself are I, I myself am you.

 

93. gatAH kalAH pancadaSa pratishTha devASca sarve pratidevatAsu,

 

karmANi vijnAnamayaSca AtmA pare avyaye sarva ekIbhavanti---muNDaka up.

3.2.7---

 

The fifteen kalAs or constituents of the body starting with prANa, which are

mentioned in the answer to the last question in the praSna upanishad, merge

in their source (brahman) when the person gets liberation. The presiding

deities of the sense-organs withdraw from the body and merge in the

respective gods. The accumulated karma of the person becomes unified with

brahman. The jIvAtma realizes his identity with brahman.

 

Note. The fifteen kalAs mentioned in the praSna up. are—prANa, faith, space,

air, fire, water, earth, organs, mind, and food.

 

94. yena Iyate SRNoti idam jighrati vyAkaroti ca, svAdu asvAdu vijAnAti tat

prajnAnam udIritam—That because of which one moves, hears, smells, does

various actions, knows what is tasty and what is not, that is called

consciousness.

 

95. caturmukhendradeveshu manushyAsvagavAdishu caitanyam ekam brahma ataH

prajnAnam brahma mayi api—The one brahman who is pure consciousness is in

the four-faced Creator (brahmA), indra, other gods, men, horse, cow, etc.

Therefore brahman who is consciousness is in me also.

 

S.N.Sastri

 

(To be contd)