ईक्षितृत्वं स्वतःसिद्धं जन्तूनां च ततोऽन्यता । अज्ञानादित्यतोऽन्यत्वं सदसीति निवर्त्यते ॥
īkṣitṛtvaṃ svataḥsiddhaṃ jantūnāṃ ca tato'nyatā | ajñānādityato'nyatvaṃ sadasīti nivartyate ||
Being the seer is self-established; that living beings [seem] other than it is due to ignorance. Hence this otherness is removed by '[That which is] Being, you are'.
द्रष्टा होना स्वतः सिद्ध है; प्राणियों का उससे भिन्न [लगना] अज्ञान से है। इसलिए 'तुम सत् हो' इस वचन से वह भिन्नता दूर की जाती है।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
You never have to prove that you are aware; it is the one thing beyond doubt. What needs correcting is only the belief that you are something smaller than that.
आपको यह कभी सिद्ध नहीं करना पड़ता कि आप सचेत हैं; यही एक बात सन्देह से परे है। सुधारना केवल यह विश्वास है कि आप उससे छोटे कुछ हैं।
Opening the chapter on the witness, Shankaracharya says the Self's being the seer is self-evident; the sense of being something other comes from ignorance and is removed by the teaching 'you are Being'.