दशमस्त्वमसीत्येवं तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्यतः । स्वमात्मानं विजानाति कृत्स्नान्तःकरणेक्षणम् ॥
daśamastvamasītyevaṃ tattvamasyādivākyataḥ | svamātmānaṃ vijānāti kṛtsnāntaḥkaraṇekṣaṇam ||
Just as by [the words] 'You are the tenth', so by sentences such as 'Thou art That' one knows one's own Self, the witness of the whole inner instrument.
जैसे 'दसवें तुम हो' [इन शब्दों] से, वैसे ही 'तत्त्वमसि' आदि वाक्यों से व्यक्ति अपनी आत्मा को जानता है, जो सम्पूर्ण अन्तःकरण का साक्षी है।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Sometimes one clear sentence from a teacher is enough to make us see what was always there. The Self is not produced by effort; it is recognised.
कभी-कभी गुरु का एक स्पष्ट वाक्य वह दिखा देता है जो सदा से था। आत्मा प्रयत्न से बनाई नहीं जाती, पहचानी जाती है।
Shankaracharya concludes the analogy: just as the counter knows himself on hearing 'You are the tenth', so through sentences like 'Thou art That' a person knows his own Self, the witness of the entire mind.