Shloka
वक्तव्यं किमु विद्यतेऽत्र बहुधा ब्रह्मैव जीवः स्वयं
ब्रह्मैतज्जगदापराणु सकलं ब्रह्माद्वितीयं श्रुतेः ।
ब्रह्मैवाहमिति प्रबुद्धमतयः सन्त्यक्तबाह्याः स्फुटं
ब्रह्मीभूय वसन्ति सन्ततचिदानन्दात्मनैव ध्रुवम् ॥ ३९५ ॥
vaktavyaṃ kimu vidyate’tra bahudhā brahmaiva jīvaḥ svayaṃ
brahmaitajjagadāparāṇu sakalaṃ brahmādvitīyaṃ śruteḥ ;
brahmaivāhamiti prabuddhamatayaḥ santyaktabāhyāḥ sphuṭaṃ
brahmībhūya vasanti santatacidānandātmanaiva dhruvam . 395 .
Anvaya
- अत्रatra
- In this regard
- किमु विद्यतेkimu vidyate
- what is there
- वक्तव्यंvaktavyaṃ
- to be told
- बहुधाbahudhā
- in several ways
- जीवःjīvaḥ
- The individuated self
- ब्रह्म–एव–स्वयंbrahma–eva–svayaṃ
- is Brahman itself
- एतद् जगद्etad jagad
- This universe
- आपराणु सकलंāparāṇu sakalaṃ
- everything down to the atom
- ब्रह्मbrahma
- (is) Brahman
- ब्रह्म अद्वितीयंbrahma advitīyaṃ
- Brahman is non–dual
- श्रुतेःśruteḥ
- as the scripture says
- प्रबुद्ध–मतयःprabuddha–matayaḥ
- The enlightened persons
- संत्यक्त–बाह्याःsaṃtyakta–bāhyāḥ
- having given up identification with ego etc
- ब्रह्म एव अहम् इतिbrahma eva aham iti
- with the notion ‘I am Brahman’
- स्फुटंsphuṭaṃ
- completely
- ब्रह्मीभूयbrahmībhūya
- having become Brahman
- वसन्तिvasanti
- stay
- सन्तत–चिद्–आनन्द–आत्मना एवsantata–cid–ānanda–ātmanā eva
- always in the form of consciousness and bliss
- ध्रुवम्dhruvam
- surely
Translation
What else remains to be told in so many ways in this regard? The individual self is Brahman itself. This universe, down to the atom, is Brahman. Brahman, as the scripture says, is non–dual. Having given up identification with ego etc., the enlightened persons stay as Brahman, always in the form of consciousness and bliss.
Annotation
1) ‘All this is Brahman, this is born from Brahman and resolves in Brahman’ says the scripture (Ch.Up.3–14–1). The seeker has to contemplate in this manner. 2) ‘The enlightened persons’ – by the instruction of scripture and the guru. 3) ‘Having become Brahman’ – Though the individuated self is always Brahman, it has forgotten about it due to nescience. On realisation, the seeker becomes aware of his real Self (Jagadguru).