🪷 अयमात्मा ब्रह्म · ayam ātmā brahma

Mahā-vākya #4 · Atharva-Veda · paramātma-pratīka

THIS ĀTMĀ (Self) IS BRAHMAN
Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 2

Meaning

The third-person witness-pointing. "AYAM" (this · which I can point at) "ĀTMĀ" (Self · what the seeker IS) "BRAHMA" (is the Absolute). This is the paramātma-pratīka — the Self-as-Brahman recognized through the four states of consciousness (waking · dream · deep-sleep · turīya) all mapped to AUM. The most-compressed of the four · the Māṇḍūkya teaches it in 12 mantras.

Bhagavad-Gītā Anchor

BG 8.13 joins uttering Oṁ, remembering Krishna, departure from the body, and the supreme destination · BG 10.25 names the single syllable among utterances. Māṇḍūkya teaching remains a connected Upaniṣadic source, not a silent replacement for either Gītā verse.

Source

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Sources and Connected Readings

Continue from this great-statement's meaning, Bhagavad-Gītā bridge, and source Upaniṣad to ŚB 1.2.11, Bindu, and philosophy, keeping Brahman-recognition joined to Paramātmā and Bhagavān.

Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 2local editorial profile and selected quotation; edition collation pending/mahavakyasfour-great-statement hub and Brahman-aperture reading pathBG 8.13om ity ekākṣaraṁ brahma · OM as Brahman gateBG 10.25girām asmy ekaṁ akṣaram · Krishna as the single syllableŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattva/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Brahman as one valid Bindu-aperture/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation