मुखेन व्यपदेशात्स मुखस्यैवेति चेन्मतम् । नादर्शानुविधानाच्च मुखे सत्यविभावतः ॥
mukhena vyapadeśātsa mukhasyaiveti cenmatam | nādarśānuvidhānācca mukhe satyavibhāvataḥ ||
If it is held that it belongs to the face alone, since it is referred to as 'the face', [we say] no: because it follows the mirror, and because it does not appear [merely] when the face is there.
यदि माना जाए कि वह मुख का ही है क्योंकि उसे 'मुख' कहा जाता है, तो नहीं; क्योंकि वह दर्पण का अनुसरण करता है, और [केवल] मुख के होने पर वह दिखाई नहीं देता।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Being called by the Self's name does not make the ego the Self.
आत्मा के नाम से पुकारे जाने से अहंकार आत्मा नहीं हो जाता।
Shankaracharya develops the analogy of a face and its reflection in a mirror to explain the relation of the Self, the ego and the 'reflection' of consciousness. He rejects the view that the reflection belongs to the face because it is called 'face'.