Ayam-Ātmā Brahma | This Self is the Absolute

Ayam-Atma-Brahma

Ayam-Ātmā Brahma (IAST)
Translation: “This Self is the Absolute (Brahman)”
From Mandukya Upanishad (Verse 2)

A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: अयमात्मा ब्रह्म
Transliteration: Ayam-Ātmā Brahma

Definition: "A Great Saying (Mahāvākya) which occurs in the Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad of the Atharva Veda."

सर्वं ह्येतद्ब्रह्म ।

अयमात्मा ब्रह्म ।

सोऽयमात्मा चतुष्पात् ॥ २ ॥

Verse 2

Sarvaṃ Hy-Etad-Brahma.

Ayam-Ātmā Brahma.

So’yam-Ātmā Catuṣpāt.

Verily, all this is the Absolute.
This Self is the Absolute.
This same Self has four quarters.

Reference:

1. Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press