अशब्दादित्वतो नास्य ग्रहणं चेन्द्रियैर्भवेत् । सुखादिभ्यस्तथान्यत्वाद्बुद्ध्या वापि कथं भवेत् ॥
aśabdāditvato nāsya grahaṇaṃ cendriyairbhavet | sukhādibhyastathānyatvādbuddhyā vāpi kathaṃ bhavet ||
Since it has no sound and the rest, it cannot be grasped by the senses; and since it is other than pleasure and the like, how could it be [grasped] even by the intellect?
क्योंकि उसमें शब्द आदि गुण नहीं हैं, इन्द्रियों से उसका ग्रहण नहीं हो सकता; और क्योंकि वह सुख आदि से भिन्न है, तो बुद्धि से भी उसका ग्रहण कैसे होगा?
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
You cannot see awareness, hear it, or think it like a thought. This is why looking for the Self as one more experience keeps failing; the next verses show where it is found.
चेतना को न देखा जा सकता है, न सुना, न किसी विचार की तरह सोचा। इसीलिए आत्मा को एक और अनुभव की तरह खोजना असफल होता रहता है; अगले श्लोक बताते हैं कि वह कहाँ मिलती है।
An objection is raised within the argument: if the Self must be known directly, how? Not by the senses, since it has no sound or other sense qualities; nor apparently by the intellect, since it is unlike pleasure and the other things the intellect grasps.