BrahmanAdvaita VedantaNon-dualismUltimate Reality

Brahman, The Ultimate Reality

Complete lyrics with original text, transliteration, and meaning, 5 sections

Verse 1

Original

ब्रह्म सत्यं जगन्मिथ्या जीवो ब्रह्मैव नपरः

Transliteration

Brahma satyam jagat mithya jivo brahmaiva naparah

Meaning / Translation

Brahman is the only truth, the world is an illusion, and the individual self is not different from Brahman

Verse 2

Original

सच्चिदानंदविग्रहो निराकारो निर्विकारः

Transliteration

Saccidanandavigraho nirakaro nirvikarah

Meaning / Translation

Brahman is the embodiment of existence, consciousness, and bliss, formless and unchanging

Verse 3

Original

सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्म तज्जलानिति शान्त उपासीत

Transliteration

Sarvam khalvidam brahma tajjalaniti shantupasita

Meaning / Translation

Everything is Brahman, and it is the water that fills everything; worship it with a calm mind

Verse 4

Original

यस्तु सर्वाणि भूतानि आत्मन्येवानुपश्यति

Transliteration

Yastu sarvani bhutani atmanyevanupashyati

Meaning / Translation

He who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings

Verse 5

Original

सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं ततो न विजुगुप्सते

Transliteration

Sarvabhuteshu catmanam tato na vijugupsate

Meaning / Translation

Sees his own self in all beings, and therefore does not despise anyone

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