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Upadeshasahasri 18.26

18.26 Shankaracharya

उपलब्धिः स्वयंज्योतिर्दृशिः प्रत्यक्सदक्रियः । साक्षात्सर्वान्तरः साक्षी चेता नित्योऽगुणोऽद्वयः ॥

upalabdhiḥ svayaṃjyotirdṛśiḥ pratyaksadakriyaḥ | sākṣātsarvāntaraḥ sākṣī cetā nityo'guṇo'dvayaḥ ||

[The Self] is awareness itself, self-luminous, seeing; inner, Being, actionless; immediate, innermost in all, the witness, conscious, eternal, without qualities, without a second.

[आत्मा] स्वयं उपलब्धि (बोध) है, स्वयंप्रकाश, दृष्टि-स्वरूप; अन्तरतम, सत्, अक्रिय; साक्षात्, सबके भीतर, साक्षी, चेतन, नित्य, निर्गुण और अद्वितीय।

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

Under all your roles and moods is plain awareness: it lights up everything you experience and is never itself lost, damaged or used up.

आपकी सब भूमिकाओं और मनोदशाओं के नीचे सरल बोध है: वह आपके हर अनुभव को प्रकाशित करता है और स्वयं कभी खोता, टूटता या चुकता नहीं।

Shankaracharya describes the nature of the Self that remains after everything else has been negated.

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