Brahman Vakyas

[soham3]

There are following 5 brahman vakyas :-

(1) Tat twam asi,
(2) Ayam atman brahman,
(3) Aham brahman asmi,
(4) Pragnyanam brahman and
(5) Sarwam Khalwidam brahman.

Last brahman vakya which is in chhandogya upanishad means ' All this is verily Brahman ' ( khalwidam = khalu + idam ). Needless to say that ' khalu ' in sanskrit means ' verily ' in english.

[yajvan]

hariḥ oṁ
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namasté soham3,

There are following 5 brahman vakyas :-

(1) Tat twam asi,
(2) Ayam atman brahman,
(3) Aham brahman asmi,
(4) Pragnyanam brahman and
(5) Sarwam Khalwidam brahman.

Last brahman vakya which is in chhandogya upanishad means ' All this is verily Brahman ' ( khalwidam = khalu + idam ). Needless to say that ' khalu ' in sanskrit means ' verily ' in english.

Can you take us a bit further with this knowledge? Where did the other mahāvākya-s originate from? What do you think the messages are for each? Are they for the householder as well as the mumukṣu and/or the saṃyasin? What do these mahāvākya's embody ? i.e. what is their essence ?

praṇām

[soham3]

(1) Tat Twam Asi translating to "Thou art that" originally occurs in the chhandogya upanishad of Sama veda in the dialogue between Uddalaka and his son Svetketu.
(2) Ayam atman brahman : Inner essence of man is same as Absolute. Here Brahman stands for Parabrahman. It occurs in mandukya upanishad of Atharva veda.
(3) Aham brahman asmi : It occurs in brihadaranyaka upanishad of Yajurveda. It means that ' aham sphurana ' or ' I effervescence ' is same as Absolute.
(4) Pragnyanam brahman :- It occurs in Aitareya upanishad of Rig-veda. It means ' Pure Consciousness / Knowledge is Brahman '.
(5) Rishi Sandilya is said to have had revelation of Sarvam Khalwidam Brahman.
(6) Satchidānanda brahman of Mundaka upanishad is also a brahman vakya.

Originally brahma vakyas were only for monks to contemplate upon. Now any body can meditate on them.

Note : Word ' brahman ' literally means big but is to be understood connotating as Indescribable.