नैव बोधो न चाबोधो न बोधाबोध एव च । यस्येदृशः सदा बोधः स बोधो नान्यथा भवेत् ॥
naiva bodho na cābodho na bodhābodha eva ca | yasyedṛśaḥ sadā bodhaḥ sa bodho nānyathā bhavet ||
There is no knowing, nor not-knowing, nor knowing-and-not-knowing. One whose understanding is always like this: that is understanding, and it is not otherwise.
न ज्ञान है, न अज्ञान, न ज्ञान-अज्ञान दोनों। जिसकी समझ सदा ऐसी है, वही समझ है, और कुछ नहीं।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Real clarity is not having an answer for everything. It is a quiet openness that does not need to cling either to certainty or to doubt.
सच्ची स्पष्टता हर बात का उत्तर होना नहीं है। यह एक शांत खुलापन है जिसे न निश्चितता से चिपकना पड़ता है, न संदेह से।
Dattatreya says real understanding is neither knowing nor not-knowing nor a mix of the two; whoever always understands in this way has true understanding.