यद्वै तन्न पश्यति पश्यन्वै तन्न पश्यति । न हि द्रष्टुर्दृष्टेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वान् । न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यत्पश्येत् ॥
yadvai tanna paśyati paśyanvai tanna paśyati | na hi draṣṭurdṛṣṭerviparilopo vidyate'vināśitvān | na tu taddvitīyamasti tato'nyadvibhaktaṃ yatpaśyet ||
When it does not see there, it is in fact seeing even as it does not see. For the seeing of the seer is never lost, since it is imperishable. But there is then no second thing, other than it and separate from it, that it could see.
वहाँ जो वह नहीं देखता, तो वह देखते हुए भी नहीं देखता। क्योंकि द्रष्टा की दृष्टि का कभी लोप नहीं होता, क्योंकि वह अविनाशी है। पर तब उससे अलग, उससे भिन्न कोई दूसरा होता ही नहीं जिसे वह देखे।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
In deep sleep we seem to vanish, yet awareness never actually stops; it simply has nothing in front of it. What you are does not switch on and off with experiences.
गहरी नींद में लगता है कि हम मिट गए, पर चेतना वास्तव में कभी रुकती नहीं; बस उसके सामने कुछ नहीं होता। आप जो हैं, वह अनुभवों के साथ जलता-बुझता नहीं।
Brihadaranyaka 4.3.23: one of a series of eight parallel statements on deep sleep. Yajnavalkya explains that in deep sleep the self does not see, not because its seeing is lost, but because there is no second thing to see.