Upanishads
Bṛhadāraṇyaka UpaniṣadBṛhadāraṇyaka 2,5.13
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Upanishads · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 2,5.13
Devanāgarī

इदं मानुषं सर्वेषाम् भूतानाम् मधु अस्य मानुषस्य सर्वाणि भूतानि मधु यः च अयम् अस्मिन् मानुषे तेजोमयः अमृतमयः पुरुषः यः च अयम् अध्यात्मं मानुषः तेजोमयः अमृतमयः पुरुषः अयम् एव सः यः अयम् आत्मा इदम् अमृतम् इदम् ब्रह्म इदम् सर्वम्

Transliteration (IAST)

idaṃ mānuṣaṃ sarveṣām bhūtānām madhu asya mānuṣasya sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu yaḥ ca ayam asmin mānuṣe tejomayaḥ amṛtamayaḥ puruṣaḥ yaḥ ca ayam adhyātmaṃ mānuṣaḥ tejomayaḥ amṛtamayaḥ puruṣaḥ ayam eva saḥ yaḥ ayam ātmā idam amṛtam idam brahma idam sarvam

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
इदंidaṃthis; this world
मानुषंmānuṣaṃthe human (mānuṣa); of men; man's
सर्वेषाम्sarveṣāmall; of every one of all
भूतानाम्bhūtānāmof beings; of living beings
मधुmadhuhoney; the sweet essence; the mutual good
अस्यasyait; of this
मानुषस्यmānuṣasyahuman; of the world of men
सर्वाणिsarvāṇiall; every kind of
भूतानिbhūtānibeings; living beings
मधुmadhuhoney; the sweet essence; the mutual good
यःyaḥwho; the one who
caand; as well as
अयम्ayamthis; he
अस्मिन्asminin this; here
मानुषेmānuṣein the human; in the world of men
तेजोमयःtejomayaḥconsisting of light; of fire and light
अमृतमयःamṛtamayaḥconsisting of immortality; full of the undying
पुरुषःpuruṣaḥthe puruṣa; the person; the indweller
यःyaḥwho; the one who
caand; as well as
अयम्ayamthis; he
अध्यात्मंadhyātmaṃwithin the self; inwardly
मानुषःmānuṣaḥas the human (mānuṣa); human; as man
तेजोमयःtejomayaḥconsisting of light; of fire and light
अमृतमयःamṛtamayaḥconsisting of immortality; full of the undying
पुरुषःpuruṣaḥthe puruṣa; the person; the indweller
अयम्ayamthis; he
एवevaindeed; only
सःsaḥhe; that one
यःyaḥwho; the one who
अयम्ayamthis; he
आत्माātmāthe self; the ātman
इदम्idamthis; this world
अमृतम्amṛtamimmortal; nectarean
इदम्idamthis; this world
ब्रह्मbrahmaBrahman; the sacred reality
इदम्idamthis; this world
सर्वम्sarvamall; the whole
Translation

This human world is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of the human world. And the shining immortal person who is in the human, and the shining immortal person who is in the body as a man — that is this ātman. This is the immortal, this is Brahman, this is all.

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