Aphorisms on Brahman 32.71

32.71

yo vijñāne tiṣṭhan yasya vijñānaṃ śarīram hiraṇmaye pare kośe virajaṃ
brahmaniṣkalaṃ tacchubhraṃ jyotiṣāṃ jyotistattadātmavido viduḥ ātmāvā're draṣṭavyaḥ
śrotavyo mantavyo nididhyāsitavyaḥ brahma veda brahmaiva bhavati ityādisyaparaśākhāsu
sarvāsu vidyāsu śivasya parabrahmaṇaḥ upāsyatvaṃ jīvasyopāsakatvaṃ tasya
brahmopāsakatvenaiva brahmātmakatvasya spaṣṭamupadiṣṭatvāt annaṃ brahma
ityupātanādivat vijñānātmakajīvabrahmopāsanāyāmapi parameśvarasya
sarvāntaratvavyapadeśārthaṃ tadanukramasopānamārgasūcanārthaṃ copadiṣṭam
kevalajīvasya brahmatve anīśayā śocati muhyamānaḥ tarati śokamātmavit
ityādibahuśrutivirodhāt tat bhṛguvalyupakramopasaṃhāratātparyabhaṅgaprasaṅgāt |
ahaṃ brahmāsmi ityādīnāṃ tattvamasi ityādivat
upāsyopāsakayorekatvaphalasūcanārthañca
anādimalasaṃsārabaddhabahuśarīrapraveśanirgamanavyāpāratāpatrayānaladandahyamān
asvabhāvasya na svato brahmatvaṃ sambhavatīti siddham |