Chapter 3: Prajnanam Brahma: consciousness is Brahman

कोऽयमात्मेति वयमुपास्महे कतरः स आत्मा । येन वा पश्यति येन वा शृणोति येन वा गन्धानाजिघ्रति येन वा वाचं व्याकरोति येन वा स्वादु चास्वादु च विजानाति

ko'yamātmeti vayamupāsmahe kataraḥ sa ātmā | yena vā paśyati yena vā śṛṇoti yena vā gandhānājighrati yena vā vācaṃ vyākaroti yena vā svādu cāsvādu ca vijānāti

Who is this Self that we worship? Which one is the Self? Is it that by which one sees, by which one hears, by which one smells scents, by which one utters speech, by which one knows the sweet and the not sweet?

यदेतद्धृदयं मनश्चैतत् । सञ्ज्ञानमाज्ञानं विज्ञानं प्रज्ञानं मेधा दृष्टिधृर्तिमतिर्मनीषा जूतिः स्मृतिः सङ्कल्पः क्रतुरसुः कामो वश इति । सर्वाण्येवैतानि प्रज्ञानस्य नामधेयानि भवन्ति

yadetaddhṛdayaṃ manaścaitat | sañjñānamājñānaṃ vijñānaṃ prajñānaṃ medhā dṛṣṭidhṛrtimatirmanīṣā jūtiḥ smṛtiḥ saṅkalpaḥ kraturasuḥ kāmo vaśa iti | sarvāṇyevaitāni prajñānasya nāmadheyāni bhavanti

It is this heart and this mind. Perception, command, discernment, knowledge, wisdom, insight, steadiness, thought, reflection, drive, memory, resolve, purpose, life, desire and will: all these are names of prajnana, consciousness.

एष ब्रह्मैष इन्द्र एष प्रजापतिरेते सर्वे देवा इमानि च पञ्चमहाभूतानि पृथिवी वायुराकाश आपो ज्योतींषीत्येतानीमानि च क्षुद्रमिश्राणीव । बीजानीतराणि चेतराणि चाण्डजानि च जारुजानि च स्वेदजानि चोद्भिज्जानि चाश्वा गावः पुरुषा हस्तिनो यत्किञ्चेदं प्राणि जङ्गमं च पतत्रि च यच्च स्थावरं सर्वं तत्प्रज्ञानेत्रं प्रज्ञाने प्रतिष्ठितं प्रज्ञानेत्रो लोकः प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठा प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म

eṣa brahmaiṣa indra eṣa prajāpatirete sarve devā imāni ca pañcamahābhūtāni pṛthivī vāyurākāśa āpo jyotīṃṣītyetānīmāni ca kṣudramiśrāṇīva | bījānītarāṇi cetarāṇi cāṇḍajāni ca jārujāni ca svedajāni codbhijjāni cāśvā gāvaḥ puruṣā hastino yatkiñcedaṃ prāṇi jaṅgamaṃ ca patatri ca yacca sthāvaraṃ sarvaṃ tatprajñānetraṃ prajñāne pratiṣṭhitaṃ prajñānetro lokaḥ prajñā pratiṣṭhā prajñānaṃ brahma

This is Brahma, this is Indra, this is Prajapati, these are all the devas; these five great elements, earth, air, space, water and light; all small creatures and the seeds of others; the egg-born, womb-born, sweat-born and sprout-born; horses, cattle, men, elephants; whatever breathes, moves, flies or stands still. All this is guided by consciousness and rests in consciousness. The world has consciousness as its eye; consciousness is its support. Prajnanam Brahma: consciousness is Brahman.

स एतेन प्राज्ञेनाऽऽत्मनाऽस्माल्लोकादुत्क्रम्यामुष्मिन्स्वर्गे लोके सर्वान् कामानाप्त्वाऽमृतः समभवत् समभवत्

sa etena prājñenā''tmanā'smāllokādutkramyāmuṣminsvarge loke sarvān kāmānāptvā'mṛtaḥ samabhavat samabhavat

By this conscious Self, Vamadeva rose from this world, and in that heavenly world, having gained all desires, he became immortal, he became immortal.