Sohamasmi iti britti akhanda
Chaupai 1, Under Doha 118 · Uttar Kand
Chaupai Text
सोहमस्मि इति बृत्ति अखंडा। दीप सिखा सोइ परम प्रचंडा॥ आतम अनुभव सुख सुप्रकासा। तब भव मूल भेद भ्रम नासा॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sohamasmi iti bṛtti akhaṇḍā। dīpa sikhā soi parama pracaṇḍā॥ ātama anubhava sukha suprakāsā। taba bhava mūla bheda bhrama nāsā॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
'So'ham asmi'—'I am That Brahman'—this unwavering awareness is the supreme, blazing flame of that lamp of knowledge. When the beautiful light of the bliss of direct self-experience shines forth, the illusion of duality, the root of worldly existence, is destroyed.
Context
This is Chaupai 1, Under Doha 118 from Uttar Kand, in the episode “Glory of Knowledge and Devotion”. The episode describes the nature of knowledge and bhakti, showing devotion as the effortless path to the Lord.