बाध्यते प्रत्ययेनेह विवेकेनाविवेकवान् । विपर्ययेऽसदन्तं स्यात्प्रमाणस्याप्रमाणतः ॥
bādhyate pratyayeneha vivekenāvivekavān | viparyaye'sadantaṃ syātpramāṇasyāpramāṇataḥ ||
Here the notion of the undiscerning is overturned by the discerning notion. If it were the reverse, it would end in unreality, since the means of valid knowledge would become no means at all.
यहाँ विवेकहीन की प्रतीति विवेक की प्रतीति से बाधित होती है। यदि उलटा होता, तो अन्त असत् में होता, क्योंकि प्रमाण अप्रमाण बन जाता।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
A clearer understanding corrects a confused one, not the other way round. Once you have seen through a false belief about yourself, the old feeling may return, but it no longer has the last word.
स्पष्ट समझ उलझी हुई समझ को सुधारती है, उलटा नहीं। जब आप अपने बारे में किसी झूठी धारणा को देख लेते हैं, तो पुरानी भावना लौट भी आए, उसकी बात अन्तिम नहीं रहती।
Shankaracharya says the undiscerning notion ('I am in pain') is overturned by the discerning notion ('I am the Self, free from pain'), and not the other way round; otherwise valid knowledge would become invalid and everything would end in unreality.