नित्यमुक्तः सदेवास्मीत्येवं चेन्न भवेन्मतिः । किमर्थं श्रावयत्येवं मातृवच्छ्रुतिरादृता ॥
nityamuktaḥ sadevāsmītyevaṃ cenna bhavenmatiḥ | kimarthaṃ śrāvayatyevaṃ mātṛvacchrutirādṛtā ||
If the conviction 'I am Being itself, ever free' were not meant to arise, why would the revered scripture, like a mother, make us hear it so?
यदि 'मैं नित्यमुक्त सत् ही हूँ' ऐसी बुद्धि उत्पन्न न होनी होती, तो आदरणीय श्रुति माता के समान हमें यह बात क्यों सुनाती?
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
The scripture speaks to you as a mother speaks to a child: to tell you something true about yourself that you have not yet noticed, namely that at your core you are already free.
शास्त्र आपसे वैसे बोलता है जैसे माँ बच्चे से: आपको अपने बारे में वह सच बताने के लिए जो आपने अभी तक नहीं देखा, कि भीतर से आप पहले से ही मुक्त हैं।
Shankaracharya opens his argument: the Upanishad teaches 'You are Being' precisely so that the conviction of one's ever-free nature may arise.