यद्वै तन्न शृणोति शृण्वन्वै तन्न शृणोति । न हि श्रोतुः श्रुतेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वात् । न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यच्छृणुयात् ॥
yadvai tanna śṛṇoti śṛṇvanvai tanna śṛṇoti | na hi śrotuḥ śruterviparilopo vidyate'vināśitvāt | na tu taddvitīyamasti tato'nyadvibhaktaṃ yacchṛṇuyāt ||
When it does not hear there, it is in fact hearing even as it does not hear. For the hearing of the hearer is never lost, since it is imperishable. But there is then no second thing, other than it and separate from it, that it could hear.
वहाँ जो वह नहीं सुनता, तो वह सुनते हुए भी नहीं सुनता। क्योंकि श्रोता की श्रवण-शक्ति का कभी लोप नहीं होता, क्योंकि वह अविनाशी है। पर तब उससे अलग, उससे भिन्न कोई दूसरा होता ही नहीं जिसे वह सुने।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
The power to hear 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 श्रोता की श्रवण-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 4.3.27: one of a series of eight parallel statements on deep sleep. Yajnavalkya explains that in deep sleep the self does not hear, not because its hearing is lost, but because there is no second thing to hear.