अनुभूतेः किमन्यस्मिन्स्यात्तवापेक्षया वद । अनुभवितरीष्टा स्यात्सोऽप्यनुभूतिरेव नः ॥
anubhūteḥ kimanyasminsyāttavāpekṣayā vada | anubhavitarīṣṭā syātso'pyanubhūtireva naḥ ||
Tell me, according to you, what would [the clearness] of experience be with reference to something else? If it is held to be [clear] to the experiencer, that [experiencer] too is, for us, just experience itself.
बताओ, तुम्हारे मत में अनुभूति [की स्पष्टता] किसी अन्य की अपेक्षा से क्या होगी? यदि वह अनुभव करने वाले के लिए मानी जाए, तो हमारे लिए वह [अनुभव करने वाला] भी अनुभूति ही है।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
You are not a thing that has awareness as an extra; you are awareness itself. That is why you never need a second light to know that you are.
आप कोई वस्तु नहीं जिसके पास अलग से चेतना हो; आप स्वयं चेतना हैं। इसीलिए यह जानने के लिए कि आप हैं, आपको किसी दूसरे प्रकाश की आवश्यकता नहीं होती।
Shankaracharya presses the Buddhist opponent: with reference to what else could experience become clear? If the opponent says 'to the experiencer', Shankara replies that the experiencer, for the Vedantin, is nothing but experience itself.