आपेषात्प्रतिबुद्धस्य ज्ञस्य स्वाभाविकं पदम् । उक्तं नेत्यादिवाक्येन कल्पितस्यापनेतृणा ॥
āpeṣātpratibuddhasya jñasya svābhāvikaṃ padam | uktaṃ netyādivākyena kalpitasyāpanetṛṇā ||
The natural state of the knower who has awakened, [reached] by grinding away [all that is superimposed], is declared by the sentence 'not, not', which removes what has been imagined.
[सब आरोपित को] पीस कर हटा देने पर जागे हुए ज्ञाता का स्वाभाविक पद 'नेति नेति' वाक्य से कहा गया है, जो कल्पित को दूर करता है।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
'Not this, not this' is a way of finding yourself by subtraction: whatever you can point to, set it aside, and what cannot be set aside is you.
'नेति नेति' घटाकर ख़ुद को पाने का तरीका है: जिसकी ओर भी आप इशारा कर सकें, उसे अलग रखिए; जो अलग न किया जा सके, वही आप हैं।
Shankaracharya: the natural state of the awakened knower, once all that was superimposed is ground away, is taught by the Upanishadic 'not, not' (neti neti), which removes what is imagined.