एवं तत्त्वमसीत्यस्य गम्यमाने फले कथम् । अप्रमाणत्वमस्योक्त्वा क्रियापेक्षत्वमुच्यते ॥
evaṃ tattvamasītyasya gamyamāne phale katham | apramāṇatvamasyoktvā kriyāpekṣatvamucyate ||
When the result [liberation] is thus understood from 'Thou art That', how can [anyone] call it not a means of valid knowledge and say that it depends on some action?
जब 'तत् त्वम् असि' से इस प्रकार फल [मुक्ति] समझ में आ जाता है, तो कोई इसे अप्रमाण कहकर यह कैसे कह सकता है कि यह किसी क्रिया पर निर्भर है?
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
If understanding itself brings the freedom, nothing further has to be done to earn it. The work is to understand, not to add a ritual on top.
यदि समझ ही मुक्ति देती है, तो उसे कमाने के लिए और कुछ करना नहीं पड़ता। काम समझने का है, ऊपर से कोई अनुष्ठान जोड़ने का नहीं।
Against the Mimamsakas, who hold that a sentence is authoritative only as part of an injunction to act, Shankaracharya asks how they can deny that 'Thou art That' is a means of knowledge.