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Origin & Story

Prakarana grantha (independent didactic treatise) ascribed to Adi Shankaracharya · Adi Shankaracharya · Classical (traditionally 8th century CE)

The Brahma Jnanavali Mala is one of Adi Shankaracharya's prakarana works — short independent treatises that distil the teaching of Advaita Vedanta. Composed as a garland of affirmative verses in the first person, it describes the marks of the one who has realized 'I am Brahman'. Its opening verse boldly states that it is meant for the liberation of all and that Brahma-jnana can dawn upon merely hearing it once. The hymn is treasured by advanced seekers as a direct pointer to the non-dual Self, ending with the luminous declaration 'I am Shiva, the light of lights'.

✦ As told in scripture

Tradition holds that this garland of verses is so potent that 'sakrit shravana matrena' — by a single sincere hearing — the listener's heart can be turned toward the knowledge of Brahman; seekers who steep the mind in its affirmation 'I am the witness, the imperishable Self' are said to be freed, in that very recognition, from the bondage of birth and death.

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Verse 1

අසඞ්ගෝ(අ)හමසඞ්ගෝ(අ)හමසඞ්ගෝ(අ)හං පුනඃ පුනඃ. සච්චිදානන්දරූපෝ(අ)හමහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..1..

asaṅgo'ham asaṅgo'ham asaṅgo'haṃ punaḥ punaḥ | sac-cid-ānanda-rūpo'ham aham evāham avyayaḥ ||1||

Meaning:मैं असंग हूँ, मैं असंग हूँ, मैं असंग हूँ — बार-बार (यही सत्य है); मैं सच्चिदानन्दस्वरूप हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 2

නිත්යශුද්ධවිමුක්තෝ(අ)හං නිරාකාරෝ(අ)හමව්යයඃ. භූමානන්දස්වරූපෝ(අ)හමහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..2..

nitya-śuddha-vimukto'haṃ nirākāro'ham avyayaḥ | bhūmānanda-svarūpo'ham aham evāham avyayaḥ ||2||

Meaning:मैं नित्य, शुद्ध और विमुक्त हूँ, निराकार और अव्यय हूँ; मैं भूमानन्दस्वरूप हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 3

නිත්යෝ(අ)හං නිරවද්යෝ(අ)හං නිරාකාරෝ(අ)හමුච්යතේ. පරමානන්දරූපෝ(අ)හමහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..3..

nityo'haṃ niravadyo'haṃ nirākāro'ham ucyate | paramānanda-rūpo'ham aham evāham avyayaḥ ||3||

Meaning:मैं नित्य हूँ, निर्दोष हूँ, निराकार कहा जाता हूँ; मैं परमानन्दस्वरूप हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 4

ශුද්ධචෛතන්යරූපෝ(අ)හමාත්මාරාමෝ(අ)හමේව ච. අඛණ්ඩානන්දරූපෝ(අ)හමහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..4..

śuddha-caitanya-rūpo'ham ātmārāmo'ham eva ca | akhaṇḍānanda-rūpo'ham aham evāham avyayaḥ ||4||

Meaning:मैं शुद्ध चैतन्यस्वरूप हूँ, आत्माराम हूँ; मैं अखण्डानन्दस्वरूप हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 5

ප්රත්යක්චෛතන්යරූපෝ(අ)හං ශාන්තෝ(අ)හං ප්රකෘතේඃ පරඃ. ශාශ්වතානන්දරූපෝ(අ)හමහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..5..

pratyak-caitanya-rūpo'haṃ śānto'haṃ prakṛteḥ paraḥ | śāśvatānanda-rūpo'ham aham evāham avyayaḥ ||5||

Meaning:मैं प्रत्यक्-चैतन्यस्वरूप हूँ, शान्त हूँ, प्रकृति से परे हूँ; मैं शाश्वतानन्दस्वरूप हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 6

තත්ත්වාතීතඃ පරාත්මාහං මධ්යාතීතඃ පරඃ ශිවඃ. මායාතීතඃ පරංජ්යෝතිරහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..6..

tattvātītaḥ parātmāhaṃ madhyātītaḥ paraḥ śivaḥ | māyātītaḥ paraṃ-jyotir aham evāham avyayaḥ ||6||

Meaning:मैं तत्त्वों से अतीत परमात्मा हूँ, मध्य से परे परम शिव हूँ; मायातीत परंज्योति हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 7

නානාරූපව්යතීතෝ(අ)හං චිදාකාරෝ(අ)හමච්යුතඃ. සුඛරූපස්වරූපෝ(අ)හමහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..7..

nānā-rūpa-vyatīto'haṃ cid-ākāro'ham acyutaḥ | sukha-rūpa-svarūpo'ham aham evāham avyayaḥ ||7||

Meaning:मैं नाना रूपों से अतीत हूँ, चिदाकार और अच्युत हूँ; मैं सुखस्वरूप हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 8

මායාතත්කාර්යදේහාදි මම නාස්ත්යේව සර්වදා. ස්වප්රකාශෛකරූපෝ(අ)හමහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..8..

māyā-tat-kārya-dehādi mama nāsty eva sarvadā | sva-prakāśaika-rūpo'ham aham evāham avyayaḥ ||8||

Meaning:माया और उसके कार्य — देह आदि — सदा मुझमें हैं ही नहीं; मैं स्वप्रकाश एकरूप हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 9

ගුණත්රයව්යතීතෝ(අ)හං බ්රහ්මාදීනාං ච සාක්ෂ්යහම්. අනන්තානන්දරූපෝ(අ)හමහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..9..

guṇa-traya-vyatīto'haṃ brahmādīnāṃ ca sākṣy aham | anantānanda-rūpo'ham aham evāham avyayaḥ ||9||

Meaning:मैं तीनों गुणों से अतीत हूँ, ब्रह्मा आदि का साक्षी हूँ; मैं अनन्तानन्दस्वरूप हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 10

අන්තර්යාමිස්වරූපෝ(අ)හං කූටස්ථඃ සර්වගෝ(අ)ස්ම්යහම්. පරමාත්මස්වරූපෝ(අ)හමහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..10..

antaryāmi-svarūpo'haṃ kūṭasthaḥ sarvago'smy aham | paramātma-svarūpo'ham aham evāham avyayaḥ ||10||

Meaning:मैं अन्तर्यामीस्वरूप हूँ, कूटस्थ और सर्वगत हूँ; मैं परमात्मस्वरूप हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 11

නිෂ්කලෝ(අ)හං නිෂ්ක්රියෝ(අ)හං සර්වාත්මාද්යඃ සනාතනඃ. අපරෝක්ෂස්වරූපෝ(අ)හමහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..11..

niṣkalo'haṃ niṣkriyo'haṃ sarvātmādyaḥ sanātanaḥ | aparokṣa-svarūpo'ham aham evāham avyayaḥ ||11||

Meaning:मैं निष्कल हूँ, निष्क्रिय हूँ, सबका आत्मा, आदि और सनातन हूँ; मैं अपरोक्षस्वरूप हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 12

ද්වන්ද්වාදිසාක්ෂිරූපෝ(අ)හමචලෝ(අ)හං සනාතනඃ. සර්වසාක්ෂිස්වරූපෝ(අ)හමහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..12..

dvandvādi-sākṣi-rūpo'ham acalo'haṃ sanātanaḥ | sarva-sākṣi-svarūpo'ham aham evāham avyayaḥ ||12||

Meaning:मैं द्वन्द्वादि का साक्षीस्वरूप हूँ, अचल और सनातन हूँ; मैं सर्वसाक्षीस्वरूप हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 13

ප්රජ්ඤානඝන ඒවාහං විජ්ඤානඝන ඒව ච. අකර්තාහමභෝක්තාහමහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..13..

prajñāna-ghana evāhaṃ vijñāna-ghana eva ca | akartāham abhoktāham aham evāham avyayaḥ ||13||

Meaning:मैं प्रज्ञानघन ही हूँ और विज्ञानघन भी हूँ; मैं अकर्ता और अभोक्ता हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 14

නිරාධාරස්වරූපෝ(අ)හං සර්වාධාරෝ(අ)හමේව ච. ආප්තකාමස්වරූපෝ(අ)හමහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..14..

nirādhāra-svarūpo'haṃ sarvādhāro'ham eva ca | āpta-kāma-svarūpo'ham aham evāham avyayaḥ ||14||

Meaning:मैं निराधारस्वरूप हूँ, और सबका आधार भी हूँ; मैं आप्तकामस्वरूप हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 15

තාපත්රයවිනිර්මුක්තෝ දේහත්රයවිලක්ෂණඃ. අවස්ථාත්රයසාක්ෂ්යස්මි චාහමේවාහමව්යයඃ..15..

tāpa-traya-vinirmukto deha-traya-vilakṣaṇaḥ | avasthā-traya-sākṣy asmi cāham evāham avyayaḥ ||15||

Meaning:मैं तापत्रय से विमुक्त, देहत्रय से विलक्षण, और अवस्थात्रय का साक्षी हूँ, मैं ही मैं हूँ, अव्यय हूँ।

Verse 16

දෘග්දෘශ්යෞ ද්වෞ පදාර්ථෞ ස්තඃ පරස්පරවිලක්ෂණෞ. දෘග්බ්රහ්ම දෘශ්යං මායේති සර්වවේදාන්තඩිණ්ඩිමඃ..16..

dṛg-dṛśyau dvau padārthau staḥ paraspara-vilakṣaṇau | dṛg-brahma dṛśyaṃ māyeti sarva-vedānta-ḍiṇḍimaḥ ||16||

Meaning:दृक् और दृश्य — ये दो पदार्थ परस्पर विलक्षण हैं; दृक् ब्रह्म है और दृश्य माया है — यही समस्त वेदान्त की डिंडिम-घोषणा है।

Verse 17

අහං සාක්ෂීති යෝ විද්යාද්විවිච්යෛවං පුනඃ පුනඃ. ස ඒව මුක්තඃ සෝ විද්වානිති වේදාන්තඩිණ්ඩිමඃ..17..

ahaṃ sākṣīti yo vidyād vivicyaivaṃ punaḥ punaḥ | sa eva muktaḥ so vidvān iti vedānta-ḍiṇḍimaḥ ||17||

Meaning:जो इस प्रकार बार-बार विवेक करके 'मैं साक्षी हूँ' ऐसा जान लेता है, वही मुक्त है, वही विद्वान् है — यही वेदान्त की घोषणा है।

Verse 18

ඝටකුඩ්යාදිකං සර්වං මෘත්තිකාමාත්රමේව ච. තද්වද්බ්රහ්ම ජගත්සර්වමිති වේදාන්තඩිණ්ඩිමඃ..18..

ghaṭa-kuḍyādikaṃ sarvaṃ mṛttikā-mātram eva ca | tadvad brahma jagat sarvam iti vedānta-ḍiṇḍimaḥ ||18||

Meaning:जैसे घट, भित्ति आदि सब मृत्तिका मात्र हैं, वैसे ही यह सम्पूर्ण जगत् ब्रह्म ही है — यही वेदान्त की घोषणा है।

Verse 19

බ්රහ්ම සත්යං ජගන්මිථ්යා ජීවෝ බ්රහ්මෛව නාපරඃ. අනේන වේද්යං සච්ඡාස්ත්රමිති වේදාන්තඩිණ්ඩිමඃ..19..

brahma satyaṃ jagan mithyā jīvo brahmaiva nāparaḥ | anena vedyaṃ sac-chāstram iti vedānta-ḍiṇḍimaḥ ||19||

Meaning:ब्रह्म सत्य है, जगत् मिथ्या है, और जीव ब्रह्म ही है, अन्य नहीं; यही सच्छास्त्र का ज्ञातव्य है — यही वेदान्त की घोषणा है।

Verse 20

අන්තර්ජ්යෝතිර්බහිර්ජ්යෝතිඃ ප්රත්යග්ජ්යෝතිඃ පරාත්පරඃ. ජ්යෝතිර්ජ්යෝතිඃ ස්වයංජ්යෝතිරාත්මජ්යෝතිඃ ශිවෝ(අ)ස්ම්යහම්..20..

antar-jyotir bahir-jyotiḥ pratyag-jyotiḥ parāt-paraḥ | jyotir-jyotiḥ svayaṃ-jyotir ātma-jyotiḥ śivo'smy aham ||20||

Meaning:अन्तर्ज्योति, बहिर्ज्योति, प्रत्यग्ज्योति, परात्पर; ज्योतियों की ज्योति, स्वयंज्योति, आत्मज्योति — वह शिव मैं ही हूँ।

Word-by-Word Meaning

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අසඞ්ගෝ(අ)හම්🔊asaṅgo'hamI am unattached (untouched by anything)

පුනඃ පුනඃ🔊punaḥ punaḥagain and again (repeated for emphasis)

සච්චිදානන්දරූපඃ🔊sac-cid-ānanda-rūpaḥof the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss (sat-chit-ananda)

අහම් ඒව අහම්🔊aham eva ahamI alone am I (the one undivided Self)

අව්යයඃ🔊avyayaḥimperishable, immutable, undecaying

නිත්යශුද්ධවිමුක්තඃ🔊nitya-śuddha-vimuktaḥeternally pure and ever-free

නිරාකාරඃ🔊nirākāraḥformless, without shape

භූමානන්දස්වරූපඃ🔊bhūmānanda-svarūpaḥof the nature of infinite, plenary bliss (bhuma)

පරමානන්දරූපඃ🔊paramānanda-rūpaḥof the nature of supreme bliss

ශුද්ධචෛතන්යරූපඃ🔊śuddha-caitanya-rūpaḥof the nature of pure consciousness

ආත්මාරාමඃ🔊ātmārāmaḥever delighting in the Self

අඛණ්ඩානන්දරූපඃ🔊akhaṇḍānanda-rūpaḥof the nature of undivided (indivisible) bliss

ප්රත්යක්චෛතන්යරූපඃ🔊pratyak-caitanya-rūpaḥof the nature of the inner, indwelling consciousness

ප්රකෘතේඃ පරඃ🔊prakṛteḥ paraḥbeyond Prakriti (primordial nature/matter)

තත්ත්වාතීතඃ🔊tattvātītaḥtranscending all the cosmic principles (tattvas)

මායාතීතඃ පරංජ්යෝතිඃ🔊māyātītaḥ paraṃ-jyotiḥbeyond Maya, the supreme Light

ගුණත්රයව්යතීතඃ🔊guṇa-traya-vyatītaḥtranscending the three gunas (sattva, rajas, tamas)

බ්රහ්මාදීනාං සාක්ෂී🔊brahmādīnāṃ sākṣīthe witness of Brahma (the creator) and all the gods

කූටස්ථඃ සර්වගඃ🔊kūṭasthaḥ sarvagaḥthe changeless one, all-pervading

අකර්තා අහම් අභෝක්තා අහම්🔊akartāham abhoktāhamI am the non-doer and the non-enjoyer

දෘග්දෘශ්යෞ🔊dṛg-dṛśyauthe seer and the seen (the two categories)

දෘග්බ්රහ්ම දෘශ්යං මායා🔊dṛg-brahma dṛśyaṃ māyāthe seer is Brahman, the seen is Maya

වේදාන්තඩිණ්ඩිමඃ🔊vedānta-ḍiṇḍimaḥthis is the proclamation (drumbeat) of all Vedanta

බ්රහ්ම සත්යං ජගන්මිථ්යා🔊brahma satyaṃ jagan mithyāBrahman is real, the world is illusory (unreal)

ජීවෝ බ්රහ්මෛව නාපරඃ🔊jīvo brahmaiva nāparaḥthe individual soul is none other than Brahman itself

ශිවෝ(අ)ස්ම්යහම්🔊śivo'smy ahamI am Shiva (the auspicious Self-effulgent reality)

Benefits of Chanting ब्रह्मज्ञानावलीमाला

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Said to bestow the knowledge of Brahman (Brahma-jnana) even upon a single attentive hearing

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Powerfully reinforces the great Advaitic truths 'Aham Brahmasmi' and 'Brahman is real, the world illusory'

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An ideal text for nididhyasana — sustained meditation on one's true Self

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Dissolves the false identification with body, mind, gunas and the three states (waking, dream, deep sleep)

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Cultivates deep, abiding peace and freedom from the three afflictions (tapatraya)

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Frequently used for daily Vedantic study (svadhyaya) and contemplation by seekers of liberation

How to Chant ब्रह्मज्ञानावलीमाला

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Best TimeEarly morning after bath, or during meditation and Vedantic study (svadhyaya)

Sit quietly facing east or north in a calm, clean place. Recite the verses slowly, allowing each first-person affirmation ('I am the witness… I alone am the imperishable Self') to sink in. Reflect on the closing teaching 'Brahman is real, the world illusory, the soul is Brahman itself'. Even a single careful recitation is said to be fruitful; many recite it daily as part of contemplation and Self-enquiry.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete ब्रह्मज्ञानावलीमाला written in the Sinhala script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

It means 'a garland (mala) of a series (avali) of (verses giving) the knowledge (jnana) of Brahman'. It is a string of verses, each a 'gem', affirming the seeker's identity with the infinite, imperishable Self.

It is traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, the foremost teacher of Advaita Vedanta. The very first verse declares that it is meant 'for the liberation of all' and that Brahma-jnana may arise 'merely by hearing it once' (sakrit shravana matrena).

It means 'I alone am I, the imperishable'. After each description of the Self as pure, free, blissful and formless, the verse drives home that this very Self — undecaying and one without a second — is what 'I' truly am.

It is the celebrated summary of Advaita Vedanta found in this hymn: 'Brahman is real, the world is illusory, and the individual soul is none other than Brahman.' It captures the entire teaching in a single line and is called the 'drumbeat of all Vedanta'.