[Advaita-l] Fearlessness is Brahman

[Hari R]

In the bhashyam to Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (4.4.25) Sankaracharya makes
the pithy statement

य एवम् यथोक्तम् आत्मानमभयम् ब्रह्म वेद सोऽभयं हि वै ब्रह्म भवति। एष सर्वस्य
उपनिषदः संक्षिप्तो अर्थ उक्ताः॥

(He who knows the Atman under discussion, as the Fearless Brahman, becomes
indeed the Fearless Brahman. This is the summary of the meaning of ALL the
Upanishads)
In the passage concerned, that Atman is sequentially understood as

अजरम्
अमरम्
अमृतम्
अभयम्

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (4.4.25)

स वा एष महानज आत्माऽजरोऽमरोऽमृतोऽभयो ब्रह्माभयं वै ब्रह्म; अभयं हि वै
ब्रह्म भवति य एवं वेद ॥