वेदोऽहमवेदोऽहम्। विद्याहमविद्याहम्। अजाहमनजाहम्। अधश्चोर्ध्वं च तिर्यक्चाहम् ॥ ४ ॥
vēdō’hamavēdō’ham | vidyāhamavidyāham | ajāhamanajāham | adhaścōrdhvaṁ ca tiryakcāham || 4 ||
Translation
I am the Veda and what is not the Veda. I am knowledge and ignorance. I am the unborn and the born. Below, above and across, I am.
Word by word
- vēdaḥ aham
- I am the Veda
- avēdaḥ aham
- I am what is not the Veda
- vidyā aham
- I am knowledge
- avidyā aham
- I am ignorance
- ajā aham
- I am the unborn
- anajā aham
- I am the born
- adhaḥ
- below
- ca ūrdhvam
- and above
- ca tiryak
- and across
- ca aham
- and I
Meaning
She is revelation and all that lies outside it, the knowledge that frees and the ignorance that binds, the unborn source and its born creatures. In every direction there is nothing but her.