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ব্রহ্ম সত্যং জগন্মিথ্যা

Brahma Satyam Jagan Mithya in Bengali · বাংলা

🕉️ hindu·📿 11× জপ·🕐 Early morning during study and meditation, or before beginning Vedanta scriptural study·📜 Advaita Vedanta tradition; attributed to Adi Shankaracharya (also appears in Brahma Jnanavali Mala)
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উৎপত্তি ও কাহিনি

Advaita Vedanta tradition; attributed to Adi Shankaracharya (also appears in Brahma Jnanavali Mala) · Adi Shankaracharya (traditional) · c. 8th century CE

This verse is celebrated as the single most concise summary of Adi Shankaracharya's Advaita (non-dual) philosophy. Generations of teachers have used its three clauses to introduce students to Vedanta: the reality of Brahman, the illusory nature of the world, and the essential oneness of the soul with the Absolute. So central is it that it is described as the very drumbeat (dindima) by which Vedanta announces its truth to the world.

শাস্ত্রে যেমন বলা হয়েছে

It is said that for one who truly assimilates this single verse, no further scripture is needed — the recognition it conveys is itself liberation, for in knowing that the Self is Brahman, the bondage born of ignorance dissolves.

মন্ত্র

যেকোনো পঙ্‌ক্তি বা ▶ বোতাম ছুঁয়ে শুনুন

ব্রহ্ম সত্যং জগন্মিথ্যা জীবো ব্রহ্মৈব নাপরঃ। অনেন বেদ্যং সচ্ছাস্ত্রমিতি বেদান্তডিণ্ডিমঃ॥

brahma satyaṃ jagan-mithyā jīvo brahmaiva nāparaḥ | anena vedyaṃ sacchāstram iti vedānta-ḍiṇḍimaḥ ||

অর্থ:Brahman is real, the world is unreal (an appearance), and the individual self is none other than Brahman itself. This is what should be known as the true essence of scripture — so resounds the drumbeat of Vedanta.

শব্দে-শব্দে অর্থ

উচ্চারণ শুনতে যেকোনো শব্দে ক্লিক করুন

ব্রহ্ম🔊brahmaBrahman, the absolute, infinite Reality
সত্যম্🔊satyamreal, true, ever-existent
জগত্🔊jagatthe world, the universe of names and forms
মিথ্যা🔊mithyāunreal, illusory, of a merely apparent (dependent) existence
জীবঃ🔊jīvaḥthe individual self, the embodied soul
ব্রহ্ম এব🔊brahma evaBrahman alone, none other than Brahman
ন অপরঃ🔊na aparaḥnot different, not other
অনেন🔊anenaby this (statement / teaching)
বেদ্যম্🔊vedyamto be known, what is worth knowing
সত্-শাস্ত্রম্🔊sat-śāstramthe true scripture, the essence of all valid scripture
ইতি🔊itithus, in this way
বেদান্ত🔊vedāntaVedanta, the culmination of the Vedas (Upanishadic wisdom)
ডিণ্ডিমঃ🔊ḍiṇḍimaḥthe proclamation, the beat of the drum (a public, resounding declaration)

Brahma Satyam Jagan Mithya পাঠের উপকারিতা

Encapsulates the entire philosophy of Advaita Vedanta in one memorable verse

Directly affirms the identity of the individual self with the infinite Brahman

Helps dissolve over-identification with the changing world and body

A powerful contemplation (manana) verse for seekers of self-knowledge

Grants mental clarity and equanimity by distinguishing the real from the unreal

Frequently used by teachers as the opening summary of non-dual wisdom

Brahma Satyam Jagan Mithya পাঠের নিয়ম

জপ সংখ্যা11বার
উত্তম সময়Early morning during study and meditation, or before beginning Vedanta scriptural study

Recite the verse with full attention to its three declarations, pausing to contemplate each: Brahman is real, the world is appearance, the self is Brahman. It is primarily a contemplative shloka for manana and nididhyasana rather than ritual japa, but repeating it 11 or 21 times to memorize and internalize it is highly recommended for students of Vedanta.

প্রায়শ জিজ্ঞাসিত প্রশ্ন

এই পাতায় সম্পূর্ণ Brahma Satyam Jagan Mithya বাংলা লিপিতে দেওয়া আছে — সেই একই মূল শ্লোক, অক্ষরে-অক্ষরে লিপ্যন্তরিত, যাতে আপনি স্বচ্ছন্দে পড়তে ও জপ করতে পারেন। যেকোনো পঙ্‌ক্তি (বা ▶ বোতাম) ছুঁয়ে তার পাঠ শুনুন।
হ্যাঁ — শুধু লিপি বদলায়; শব্দ ও তার অর্থ মূলই থাকে। এই পাতার শ্লোকে-শ্লোকে অর্থ, উপকারিতা ও পাঠের নিয়ম একইভাবে প্রযোজ্য।
It is traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya and circulates as the most quoted summary of his Advaita Vedanta. It appears in the Vedantic teaching tradition (including works such as the Brahma Jnanavali Mala) and is universally regarded as the crest-jewel statement of non-duality.
No. 'Mithya' does not mean non-existent; it means the world has only a dependent, appearance-level reality, like a reflection or a dream. It exists and is experienced, but it is not absolutely, independently real the way Brahman is. Only Brahman has unchanging, self-existent reality.
Advaita teaches that the apparent separateness of the jiva is due to ignorance (avidya). When that ignorance is removed by knowledge, what remains is the recognition that the innermost Self (Atman) was never anything other than the infinite Brahman — 'jivo brahmaiva naparah.'
A 'dindima' is a drum or a loud, public proclamation. The phrase poetically declares that this threefold truth is announced by Vedanta as boldly and triumphantly as a beating drum — it is the resounding conclusion of all the Upanishads.

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