pˈiːpəl hˌuː ɑːɹ ɪnˈɪʃɪˌeɪɾᵻd ˌɪntʊ sˌænɪˈɑːsə ɪn ɐdvˈeɪɾə vɛdˈæntə ɑːɹ bˌiːɪŋ tˈɔːt ðə fˈoːɹ pɹˈɪnsɪpəl mˈæhɐvˌækɪəz æz fˈoːɹ mˈæntɹəz, "tʊ ɐtˈeɪn ðɪs hˈaɪɪst ʌv stˈeɪts ɪnwˌɪtʃ ðɪ ˌɪndᵻvˈɪdʒuːəl sˈɛlf dɪsˈɑːlvz ɪnsˈɛpɚɹəbli ɪn bɹˈɑːmən".
People who are initiated into sannyasa in Advaita Vedanta are being taught the four [principal] mahavakyas as four mantras, "to attain this highest of states in which the individual self dissolves inseparably in Brahman".