ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं तथा ज्ञाता त्रितयं नास्ति वास्तवम् । अज्ञानाद्भाति यत्रेदं सोऽहमस्मि निरञ्जनः ॥
jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ tathā jñātā tritayaṃ nāsti vāstavam | ajñānādbhāti yatredaṃ so'hamasmi nirañjanaḥ ||
Knowledge, the known and the knower: this triad is not real. I am that stainless one in which it appears through ignorance.
ज्ञान, ज्ञेय और ज्ञाता, यह त्रिपुटी वास्तविक नहीं है। मैं वह निरंजन हूँ जिसमें यह अज्ञान से भासती है।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Beneath the split between 'me' and 'what I know' there is simple awareness. Resting there, even briefly, quiets the constant commentary of the mind.
'मैं' और 'जो मैं जानता हूँ' के बँटवारे के नीचे सरल चेतना है। वहाँ थोड़ी देर ठहरना भी मन की लगातार चलती टिप्पणी को शांत करता है।
Janaka, newly awakened by Ashtavakra's teaching, says the triad of knowing, the known and the knower is not ultimately real; he is the stainless ground in which it appears through ignorance.