Atmana'tmanam
Ātmanā’tmānaṃ (IAST)Translation: "by the Self he enters the Self"
From Mandukya Upanishad (Verse 12)
Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads (Swami Sharvananda)
Sanskrit: अत्मनाऽऽत्मानं
Transliteration: Ātmanā’tmānaṃ
Translation: "by his own Self, the Self enters"
Commentary: "i.e., in that superconscious or the fourth state of consciousness, the existence of mind also is denied, the pure consciousness becomes conscious of itself. It is ineffable in ordinary human language. What is said of it is but a hint for those who might have experienced it."
The Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad (Swami Krishnananda)
"Samviśatyatmanātmānam: One who knows this secret, by deep meditation, enters the Ātman by the Ātman. We do not enter the Ātman by a gate, we enter the Ātman by the Ātman. We do not enter the Ātman; the Ātman enters the Ātman. We do not exist. We evaporate into the Ātman, and the Ātman becomes the Ātman. Sounds merge in Praṇava; it becomes the Ātman. The Ātman alone is. When the Ātman becomes the Ātman through the Ātman, it is called Ātmasākshātkāra – realization of the Ātman. It is also Brahmasākshātkāra – realization of Brahman. From the point of view of the Ātman animating the individual states, we call this achievement Ātmasākshātkāra. From the standpoint of this very same Ātman animating the whole cosmos, we call it Brahmasākshātkāra. It is Self-realization and God-realization at one and the same time. It is Existence, it is Consciousness, it is Power, it is Bliss, it is Perfection, it is Immortality, it is Mokṣa, it is Kaivalya."
References:
- Sharvananda, Swami (1920). Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads: With Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-For-Word Literal Translation, English, Rendering and Comments. Mylapore, Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math
- Krishnananda, Swami (1996). The Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad. Retrieved from https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/mand_0.html. p. 98-99.
