यद्वै तन्न वदति वदन्वै तन्न वदति । न हि वक्तुर्वक्तेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वात् । न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यद्वदेत् ॥
yadvai tanna vadati vadanvai tanna vadati | na hi vakturvakterviparilopo vidyate'vināśitvāt | na tu taddvitīyamasti tato'nyadvibhaktaṃ yadvadet ||
When it does not speak there, it is in fact speaking even as it does not speak. For the speaking of the speaker is never lost, since it is imperishable. But there is then no second thing, other than it and separate from it, that it could speak to.
वहाँ जो वह नहीं बोलता, तो वह बोलते हुए भी नहीं बोलता। क्योंकि वक्ता की वाक्-शक्ति का कभी लोप नहीं होता, क्योंकि वह अविनाशी है। पर तब उससे अलग, उससे भिन्न कोई दूसरा होता ही नहीं जिससे वह बोले।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
The power to speak is not destroyed in deep sleep; it is only that nothing separate is there. Each sense points back to one awareness that does not perish.
गहरी नींद में वक्ता की वाक्-शक्ति नष्ट नहीं होती; बस कोई अलग वस्तु वहाँ नहीं होती। हर इंद्रिय उसी एक चेतना की ओर इशारा करती है जो नष्ट नहीं होती।
Brihadaranyaka 4.3.26: one of a series of eight parallel statements on deep sleep. Yajnavalkya explains that in deep sleep the self does not speak, not because its speaking is lost, but because there is no second thing to speak to.