दुःखित्वाप्रत्यगात्मत्वं वारयेतामुभावपि । एवं च नेतिनेत्यर्थं गमयेतां परस्परम् ॥
duḥkhitvāpratyagātmatvaṃ vārayetāmubhāvapi | evaṃ ca netinetyarthaṃ gamayetāṃ parasparam ||
The two [words] together ward off [in 'thou'] the state of suffering and [in 'That'] the state of not being the inner Self; and in this way, each through the other, they convey the meaning 'not this, not this'.
ये दोनों [पद] मिलकर [‘त्वम्’ से] दुःखीपन को और [‘तत्’ से] अन्तरात्मा न होने को हटाते हैं; और इस प्रकार एक-दूसरे के द्वारा 'नेति नेति' का अर्थ बताते हैं।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Two mistakes are cleared at once: that you are only a small suffering person, and that the ultimate is somewhere far away. What remains is neither of these pictures.
दो भूलें एक साथ मिटती हैं: कि आप केवल एक छोटे दुःखी व्यक्ति हैं, और कि परम कहीं दूर है। जो बचता है, वह इन दोनों में से कोई चित्र नहीं।
Shankaracharya shows how the two words correct each other: 'That' removes the idea that 'you' are a sufferer, and 'thou' removes the idea that 'That' is something distant from you.