किमज्ञं ग्राहयेत्कश्चित्प्रमाणेन तु केनचित् । विनैव तु प्रमाणेन निवृत्त्यान्यस्य शेषतः ॥
kimajñaṃ grāhayetkaścitpramāṇena tu kenacit | vinaiva tu pramāṇena nivṛttyānyasya śeṣataḥ ||
Can anyone make the ignorant grasp [the Self] by some means of knowledge? [No;] rather, without any means of knowledge, it [is known] as what remains when everything else is removed.
क्या कोई किसी प्रमाण से अज्ञानी को [आत्मा] ग्रहण करा सकता है? [नहीं;] बल्कि बिना प्रमाण के ही, अन्य सबके निषेध के बाद शेष रहने वाले के रूप में [वह जानी जाती है]।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
You cannot be shown yourself like a new object. By setting aside what you are not, body, roles, moods, what is left is simply you.
आपको स्वयं को किसी नई वस्तु की तरह नहीं दिखाया जा सकता। जो आप नहीं हैं, शरीर, भूमिकाएँ, मनोदशाएँ, उन्हें हटाते जाने पर जो बचता है, वही आप हैं।
Shankaracharya asks how the Self can be taught to one who does not know it: no means of knowledge can show it as an object; it is known without one, as what remains when everything else is negated.