आत्मनो ग्रहणे चापि त्रयाणामिह संभवात् । आत्मन्यासक्तकर्तृत्वं न स्यात्करणकर्मणोः ॥
ātmano grahaṇe cāpi trayāṇāmiha saṃbhavāt | ātmanyāsaktakartṛtvaṃ na syātkaraṇakarmaṇoḥ ||
Also, if the Self were grasped [in this way], since all three would arise here, agency would be fixed on the Self; [the Self] could not [also] be instrument and object.
और यदि आत्मा का [इस प्रकार] ग्रहण हो, तो तीनों के यहाँ होने से कर्तृत्व आत्मा पर टिकेगा; [आत्मा] करण और कर्म नहीं हो सकती।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Part of a technical argument: the one who knows cannot at the same time be the thing it knows.
एक तकनीकी तर्क का अंश: जानने वाला उसी समय वह वस्तु नहीं हो सकता जिसे वह जानता है।
Shankaracharya adds a further objection to the Mimamsaka view: if the Self were grasped in cognition, it would have to be agent, instrument and object at once, but agency attached to the Self excludes its also being instrument and object.