तथाविक्रियरूपत्वान्नावस्थान्तरमात्मनः । अवस्थान्तरवत्त्वे हि नाशोऽस्य स्यान्न संशयः ॥
tathāvikriyarūpatvānnāvasthāntaramātmanaḥ | avasthāntaravattve hi nāśo'sya syānna saṃśayaḥ ||
In the same way, because its nature is changeless, the Self has no other state [to pass into]. For if it could take on another state, it would surely perish; there is no doubt of that.
इसी प्रकार, अविकारी स्वरूप होने के कारण आत्मा की कोई दूसरी अवस्था नहीं होती। यदि उसकी कोई दूसरी अवस्था हो सकती, तो वह निश्चय ही नष्ट होने वाला होता, इसमें संशय नहीं।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
What you most deeply are does not go through phases; moods, roles and life stages change, but the one aware of them does not. Whatever can turn into something else can also come to an end.
आप मूल रूप से जो हैं, वह दौर-दर-दौर नहीं बदलता; मूड, भूमिकाएँ और उम्र की अवस्थाएँ बदलती हैं, पर उन्हें जानने वाला नहीं। जो कुछ और बन सकता है, वह समाप्त भी हो सकता है।
In the chapter on the body 'made of earth', Shankaracharya has just said ignorance cannot belong to the Self, which is ever-awareness. He now adds that the Self cannot pass from one state into another.