Upanishads & Folk · Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10
अहं ब्रह्मास्मि
ahaṁ brahmāsmi
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“I am the infinite.”
मूल Original
अहं ब्रह्मास्मि
Sanskrit, in its own script.
उच्चारण How it sounds
ahaṁ brahmāsmi
Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.
अर्थ What it means
I am the infinite.
A thought about self.
स्रोत Where it comes from
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10
The Upanishads' oldest questions, and songs that walked out of villages into history.
Public domain · Ancient / pre-1960 text
When someone asks, “What does your T-shirt say?”
It's from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10, in Sanskrit. It means: “I am the infinite.”
That's the whole idea. One line, and a conversation about something that has mattered for a thousand years.
If this stayed with you