{
  "id": "upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.7",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.7/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "brihadaranyaka.4.3.7",
  "speaker": "Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Yājñavalkya to Janaka",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "कतम आत्मेति योऽयं विज्ञानमयः प्राणेषु हृद्यन्तर्ज्योतिः पुरुषः ।\nस समानः सन्नुभौ लोकावनुसंचरति ध्यायतीव लेलायतीव ।\nस हि स्वप्नो भूत्वेमं लोकमतिक्रामति अद्द्. मृत्यो रूपाणि ॥ ४.३.७ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "katama ātmeti yo'yaṃ vijñānamayaḥ prāṇeṣu hṛdyantarjyotiḥ puruṣaḥ |\nsa samānaḥ sannubhau lokāvanusaṃcarati dhyāyatīva lelāyatīva |\nsa hi svapno bhūtvemaṃ lokamatikrāmati add. mṛtyo rūpāṇi || 4.3.7 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "katamaḥ",
      "meaning": "which",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ātmā",
      "meaning": "self",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus (quotative)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yaḥ",
      "meaning": "who",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ayam",
      "meaning": "this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vijñānamayaḥ",
      "meaning": "consisting of consciousness",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "prāṇeṣu",
      "meaning": "among the vital breaths",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "hṛdi",
      "meaning": "in the heart",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "antar",
      "meaning": "within",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "jyotiḥ",
      "meaning": "light",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "puruṣaḥ",
      "meaning": "person",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "saḥ",
      "meaning": "he",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "samānaḥ",
      "meaning": "being equal (alike)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "san",
      "meaning": "being",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ubhau",
      "meaning": "both",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "lokau",
      "meaning": "worlds",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "anusaṃcarati",
      "meaning": "moves about through",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "dhyāyati",
      "meaning": "seems to think",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iva",
      "meaning": "as if",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "lelāyati",
      "meaning": "seems to move to and fro",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iva",
      "meaning": "as if",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "saḥ",
      "meaning": "he",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "hi",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "svapnaḥ",
      "meaning": "dreaming",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bhūtvā",
      "meaning": "having become",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "imam",
      "meaning": "this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "lokam",
      "meaning": "world",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "atikrāmati",
      "meaning": "passes beyond",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "mṛtyoḥ",
      "meaning": "of death",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "rūpāṇi",
      "meaning": "forms",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "'आत्मा कौन है?' यह जो विज्ञानमय पुरुष प्राणों के बीच हृदय में अंदर की ज्योति है, वह समान होकर दोनों लोकों में विचरण करता है, मानो सोचता हो, मानो डोलता हो। वही स्वप्न बनकर इस लोक को लांघ जाता है, मृत्यु के रूपों को।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "\"ஆத்மா எது?\" என்றால், பிராணன்களின் நடுவில் இதயத்தினுள் இருக்கும் விஞ்ஞானமயமான இந்த ஒளிமிக்க புருஷனே. அவன் சமமாக இருந்துகொண்டு இரண்டு உலகங்களிலும் சஞ்சரிக்கிறான்; சிந்திப்பவன் போலவும், அசைபவன் போலவும் தோன்றுகிறான். அவனே கனவாக மாறி இந்த உலகைக் கடந்து செல்கிறான், மரணத்தின் வடிவங்களை.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "\"ఆత్మ ఏది?\" అంటే, ప్రాణాల మధ్య హృదయంలోని అంతర్జ్యోతియైన ఈ విజ్ఞానమయ పురుషుడే. అతడు సమంగా ఉండి రెండు లోకాలలో సంచరిస్తాడు; ఆలోచించినట్లు, ఊగినట్లు కనిపిస్తాడు. అతడే స్వప్నమై ఈ లోకాన్ని దాటిపోతాడు, మృత్యువు రూపాలను.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "\"ಆತ್ಮ ಯಾವುದು?\" ಎಂದರೆ, ಪ್ರಾಣಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಹೃದಯದೊಳಗಿನ ಅಂತರ್ಜ್ಯೋತಿಯಾದ ಈ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಮಯ ಪುರುಷನೇ. ಅವನು ಸಮನಾಗಿದ್ದುಕೊಂಡು ಎರಡೂ ಲೋಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಚರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಚಿಂತಿಸುವಂತೆಯೂ ಅಲೆಯುವಂತೆಯೂ ತೋರುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅವನೇ ಸ್ವಪ್ನನಾಗಿ ಈ ಲೋಕವನ್ನು ದಾಟುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಮೃತ್ಯುವಿನ ರೂಪಗಳನ್ನು.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "\"ആത്മാവ് ഏതാണ്?\" എന്നാൽ, പ്രാണന്മാരുടെ ഇടയിൽ ഹൃദയത്തിനുള്ളിലെ അന്തർജ്യോതിസ്സായ ഈ വിജ്ഞാനമയ പുരുഷൻ തന്നെ. അവൻ സമനായി നിന്ന് ഇരുലോകങ്ങളിലും സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്നു; ചിന്തിക്കുന്നതുപോലെയും ആടുന്നതുപോലെയും തോന്നുന്നു. അവൻ തന്നെ സ്വപ്നമായി മാറി ഈ ലോകത്തെ കടന്നുപോകുന്നു, മൃത്യുവിന്റെ രൂപങ്ങളെയും.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "\"আত্মা কী?\" এই প্রশ্নের উত্তর: প্রাণসমূহের মধ্যে হৃদয়ের অভ্যন্তরে যে বিজ্ঞানময় জ্যোতির্ময় পুরুষ আছেন, তিনিই। তিনি সমভাবে থেকে উভয় লোকে বিচরণ করেন; যেন চিন্তা করছেন, যেন দোল খাচ্ছেন। তিনিই স্বপ্ন হয়ে এই লোক অতিক্রম করেন, মৃত্যুর রূপসমূহ অতিক্রম করেন।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "\"आत्मा कोण?\" असे विचारल्यास, प्राणांमध्ये हृदयातील अंतर्ज्योती असलेला हा विज्ञानमय पुरुषच. तो समान राहून दोन्ही लोकांत संचार करतो; विचार करत असल्यासारखा, डोलत असल्यासारखा दिसतो. तोच स्वप्न होऊन या लोकाला ओलांडतो, मृत्यूची रूपे ओलांडतो.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "\"આત્મા કોણ?\" એનો ઉત્તર: પ્રાણોની વચ્ચે હૃદયમાં રહેલો અંતર્જ્યોતિ આ વિજ્ઞાનમય પુરુષ જ. તે સમાન રહીને બંને લોકોમાં વિચરે છે; જાણે વિચારતો હોય, જાણે ડોલતો હોય. તે જ સ્વપ્ન બનીને આ લોકને ઓળંગે છે, મૃત્યુનાં રૂપોને.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "\"ਆਤਮਾ ਕੌਣ ਹੈ?\" ਇਸ ਦਾ ਉੱਤਰ: ਪ੍ਰਾਣਾਂ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਹਿਰਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਵਾਲੀ ਅੰਤਰਜੋਤਿ, ਇਹ ਵਿਗਿਆਨਮਈ ਪੁਰਖ ਹੀ। ਉਹ ਸਮਾਨ ਰਹਿ ਕੇ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਚਰਦਾ ਹੈ; ਜਿਵੇਂ ਸੋਚਦਾ ਹੋਵੇ, ਜਿਵੇਂ ਝੂਟੇ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੋਵੇ। ਉਹ ਹੀ ਸੁਪਨਾ ਬਣ ਕੇ ਇਸ ਲੋਕ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਮੌਤ ਦੇ ਰੂਪਾਂ ਨੂੰ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "\"ଆତ୍ମା କିଏ?\" ଏହାର ଉତ୍ତର: ପ୍ରାଣମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ହୃଦୟ ଭିତରେ ଥିବା ଅନ୍ତର୍ଜ୍ୟୋତି, ଏହି ବିଜ୍ଞାନମୟ ପୁରୁଷ। ସେ ସମାନ ରହି ଉଭୟ ଲୋକରେ ବିଚରଣ କରନ୍ତି; ଯେପରି ଚିନ୍ତା କରୁଛନ୍ତି, ଯେପରି ଦୋହଲୁଛନ୍ତି। ସେ ସ୍ୱପ୍ନ ହୋଇ ଏହି ଲୋକ ଅତିକ୍ରମ କରନ୍ତି, ମୃତ୍ୟୁର ରୂପସମୂହ ଅତିକ୍ରମ କରନ୍ତି।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "\"آتما کیا ہے؟\" اس کا جواب: پرانوں کے درمیان دل کے اندر یہ وجدانی نور، یہ وِجیان مے پرش ہی ہے۔ وہ یکساں رہ کر دونوں جہانوں میں گردش کرتا ہے؛ گویا سوچ رہا ہو، گویا جھول رہا ہو۔ وہی خواب بن کر اس جہان سے گزر جاتا ہے، موت کی صورتوں سے گزر جاتا ہے۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "\"What is the self?\" It is this person, made of consciousness, the inner light in the heart among the breaths. Remaining the same, he moves through both worlds, seeming to think and to stir. Becoming a dream, he passes beyond this world and the forms of death.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "\"¿Cuál es el ātman?\" Es esta persona hecha de conciencia, la luz interior en el corazón entre los prāṇas. Permaneciendo igual, se mueve por ambos mundos, pareciendo pensar y agitarse. Convirtiéndose en sueño, trasciende este mundo y las formas de la muerte.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "« Qu'est-ce que l'ātman ? » C'est cette personne faite de conscience, la lumière intérieure dans le cœur parmi les souffles vitaux. Demeurant identique, elle parcourt les deux mondes, semblant penser et s'agiter. Devenue rêve, elle dépasse ce monde et les formes de la mort.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "„Was ist der ātman?“ Es ist diese aus Bewusstsein bestehende Person, das innere Licht im Herzen unter den prāṇas. Gleichbleibend bewegt sie sich durch beide Welten, scheinbar denkend und schwankend. Zum Traum geworden, überschreitet sie diese Welt und die Gestalten des Todes.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "\"O que é o ātman?\" É esta pessoa feita de consciência, a luz interior no coração entre os prāṇas. Permanecendo a mesma, move-se pelos dois mundos, parecendo pensar e agitar-se. Tornando-se sonho, ultrapassa este mundo e as formas da morte.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "«Что такое ātman?» Это тот человек, состоящий из сознания, внутренний свет в сердце среди прāṇ. Оставаясь тем же, он перемещается по обоим мирам, как будто думая и колеблясь. Став сном, он преодолевает этот мир и формы смерти.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "“什么是我（ātman）？”就是这位由识构成的人，在诸气之中、心中的内在光明。他保持不变，往来于两个世界，仿佛在思考，仿佛在摇动。他化为梦境，超越此世界与死亡的诸般形相。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "「アートマンとは何か」と問えば、それは諸気息の中、心臓の内にある内なる光、識より成るこのpuruṣaである。彼は同一のまま両世界を動き回り、思考し揺れ動いているかのように見える。夢となって、この世界と死の諸形態を超えてゆく。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "\"ما هو الأتمن؟\" هو هذا الشخص المكوّن من الوعي، النور الداخلي في القلب بين البرانا. يبقى على حاله، يتنقل في العالمين، كأنه يفكر ويتأرجح. يصير حلماً فيتجاوز هذا العالم وصور الموت.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "\"Apakah ātman itu?\" Ia adalah pribadi yang terbuat dari kesadaran ini, cahaya batin di dalam hati di antara prāṇa. Tetap sama, ia bergerak melintasi kedua dunia, seolah berpikir dan bergoyang. Menjadi mimpi, ia melampaui dunia ini dan bentuk-bentuk kematian.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "อาตมันคืออะไร คือบุรุษผู้นี้ ผู้ประกอบด้วยวิญญาณ เป็นแสงสว่างภายในหัวใจท่ามกลางลมปราณทั้งหลาย เขาคงอยู่อย่างเดิม แต่ท่องเที่ยวไปทั้งสองโลก ดูเหมือนคิดและดูเหมือนเคลื่อนไหว เมื่อกลายเป็นความฝัน เขาก็ล่วงเลยโลกนี้ไปและล่วงเลยรูปแห่งความตาย",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, Sanskrit Wikisource, page “बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद् 4p” (revision 324841)",
    "license": "Public domain text; Wikisource page CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D_4p&oldid=324841"
  },
  "topics": [
    "atman",
    "dream",
    "light",
    "death"
  ],
  "citation": "Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.7. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.7/"
}