ब्रह्म तम् परादाद् यः अन्यत्र आत्मनः वेदान् वेद क्षत्रं तम् परादाद् यः अन्यत्र आत्मनः क्षत्रं वेद लोकाः तम् परादुः यः अन्यत्र आत्मनः लोकान् वेद देवाः तम् परादुः यः अन्यत्र आत्मनः देवान् वेद वेदाः तम् परादुः यः अन्यत्र आत्मनः वेदान् वेद भूतानि तम् परादुः यः अन्यत्र आत्मनः भूतानि वेद सर्वं तम् परादाद् यः अन्यत्र आत्मनः सर्वं वेद इदम् ब्रह्म इदम् क्षत्रम् इमे लोकाः इमे देवाः इमे वेदाः इमानि भूतानि इदम् सर्वं यद् अयम् आत्मा
brahma tam parādād yaḥ anyatra ātmanaḥ vedān veda kṣatraṃ tam parādād yaḥ anyatra ātmanaḥ kṣatraṃ veda lokāḥ tam parāduḥ yaḥ anyatra ātmanaḥ lokān veda devāḥ tam parāduḥ yaḥ anyatra ātmanaḥ devān veda vedāḥ tam parāduḥ yaḥ anyatra ātmanaḥ vedān veda bhūtāni tam parāduḥ yaḥ anyatra ātmanaḥ bhūtāni veda sarvaṃ tam parādād yaḥ anyatra ātmanaḥ sarvaṃ veda idam brahma idam kṣatram ime lokāḥ ime devāḥ ime vedāḥ imāni bhūtāni idam sarvaṃ yad ayam ātmā
Brahminhood casts off the one who knows brahminhood as apart from the ātman. The kṣatra casts off the one who knows the kṣatra as apart from the ātman. The worlds cast off… the gods cast off… the Vedas cast off… beings cast off… everything casts off the one who knows everything as apart from the ātman. This brahminhood, this kṣatra, these worlds, these gods, these Vedas, these beings, this all — is this ātman.
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The reverse side of the teaching is a verdict on estranged knowledge, now with the Vedas added: even scripture "casts off" (parādāt) the one who knows it "apart from the ātman" — as an alien object, a warehouse of quotations with no Living One inside. Knowledge about the holy that has not recognised the Self in the holy is cast off by the holy itself.
And the concluding identity in its full breadth: brahminhood, power, worlds, gods, Vedas, beings — "all this is this ātman". The formula does not dissolve the world — it gives it back: everything estranged becomes one's own as soon as the common Owner of the kinship is recognised. For bhakti this is the alphabet of love: the universe taken past the Lord takes revenge by slipping away; taken in Him, it answers with love throughout.