मूल Original
तत्त्वमसि
Sanskrit, in its own script.
उच्चारण How it sounds
tat tvam asi
Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.
अर्थ What it means
That thou art.
A thought about self.
स्रोत Where it comes from
Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7
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 Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7, in Sanskrit. It means: “That thou art.”
That's the whole idea. One line, and a conversation about something that has mattered for a thousand years.
If this stayed with you