यद्वै तन्न विजानाति विजानन्वै तन्न विजानाति । न हि विज्ञातुर्विज्ञातेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वात् । न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यद्विजानीयात् ॥
yadvai tanna vijānāti vijānanvai tanna vijānāti | na hi vijñāturvijñāterviparilopo vidyate'vināśitvāt | na tu taddvitīyamasti tato'nyadvibhaktaṃ yadvijānīyāt ||
When it does not know there, it is in fact knowing even as it does not know. For the knowing of the knower is never lost, since it is imperishable. But there is then no second thing, other than it and separate from it, that it could know.
वहाँ जो वह नहीं जानता, तो वह जानते हुए भी नहीं जानता। क्योंकि ज्ञाता की ज्ञान-शक्ति का कभी लोप नहीं होता, क्योंकि वह अविनाशी है। पर तब उससे अलग, उससे भिन्न कोई दूसरा होता ही नहीं जिसे वह जाने।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
The knower is never lost; only the objects of knowing come and go. Resting as that knowing, rather than in the stream of things known, is what this teaching points to.
जानने वाला कभी खोता नहीं; केवल जानी जाने वाली चीज़ें आती-जाती हैं। जानी गई चीज़ों के प्रवाह में नहीं, उस जानने में टिकना ही इस उपदेश का संकेत है।
Brihadaranyaka 4.3.30: one of a series of eight parallel statements on deep sleep. Yajnavalkya explains that in deep sleep the self does not know, not because its knowing is lost, but because there is no second thing to know.