न येषामेक एवात्मा निर्दुःखोऽविक्रियः सदा । तेषां स्याच्छब्दवाच्यत्वं ज्ञेयत्वं चात्मनः सदा ॥
na yeṣāmeka evātmā nirduḥkho'vikriyaḥ sadā | teṣāṃ syācchabdavācyatvaṃ jñeyatvaṃ cātmanaḥ sadā ||
For those who do not hold that the Self is one alone, free from sorrow and ever changeless, the Self could always be denoted by words and be an object of knowledge.
जो यह नहीं मानते कि आत्मा एक ही है, दुखरहित और सदा अविकारी, उनके लिए आत्मा सदा शब्दों का वाच्य और ज्ञेय (जानने की वस्तु) हो सकती है।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
If the Self were just another changing thing, it could be described like anything else. The teaching that it is one, untouched by sorrow and unchanging, is exactly why no description reaches it.
यदि आत्मा भी कोई बदलती चीज़ होती, तो उसका वर्णन बाकी चीज़ों की तरह हो जाता। उसे एक, दुख से अछूती और अविकारी कहना ही वह कारण है कि कोई वर्णन उस तक नहीं पहुँचता।
Shankaracharya says the difficulty arises only on his view; for schools that do not hold the Self to be one, sorrowless and changeless, the Self could be named by words and known as an object.