🪷 अयमात्मा ब्रह्म · ayam ātmā brahma

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

THIS ĀTMĀ (Self) IS BRAHMAN
Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 2

ayam ātmā brahma Source-Anchor Spine

This great-statement is route-linked to its own Upaniṣad, its exact Gītā bridge, ŚB 1.2.11's advaya-tattva synthesis, and the Bindu/Philosophy constitutional pages. The Brahman-recognition remains joined to Paramātmā and Bhagavān instead of becoming a detached abstraction.

Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 2primary local śruti source route for this great-statement/mahavakyasfour-great-statement hub and Brahman-aperture spineBG 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

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 (om ity ekākṣaraṁ brahma vyāharan · uttering OM at death attains Brahman) · BG 10.25 (girām asmy ekaṁ akṣaram · among words I am the single syllable AUM) — Krishna IS the AUM-anchor of the Māṇḍūkya.

Source

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