तस्मान्नीलं तथा पीतं घटादिर्वा विशेषणम् । संविदस्तदुपेत्यं स्याद्येन चाप्यनुभूयते ॥
tasmānnīlaṃ tathā pītaṃ ghaṭādirvā viśeṣaṇam | saṃvidastadupetyaṃ syādyena cāpyanubhūyate ||
Therefore blue, likewise yellow, or a pot and the like, must be accepted as qualifiers of the cognition, and also that by which [the cognition] is experienced.
इसलिए नीला, पीला, या घड़ा आदि को ज्ञान का विशेषण मानना होगा, और उसे भी जिसके द्वारा [उस ज्ञान का] अनुभव होता है।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Every thought has some content, a colour, a face, a worry; and every thought is also known by something that is not that content. Noticing this second element is the beginning of self-inquiry.
हर विचार में कुछ विषय होता है, कोई रंग, चेहरा या चिन्ता; और हर विचार किसी ऐसे के द्वारा जाना जाता है जो वह विषय नहीं है। इस दूसरे तत्त्व को पहचानना आत्म-विचार की शुरुआत है।
From the previous step Shankaracharya concludes, against the Buddhist idealist, that blue, yellow or a pot are qualifiers of a cognition, and that there must also be something by which that cognition is experienced.