स्वरूपं चात्मनो ज्ञानं नित्यं ज्योतिः श्रुतेर्यतः । न बुद्ध्या क्रियते तस्मान्नात्मनान्येन वा सदा ॥
svarūpaṃ cātmano jñānaṃ nityaṃ jyotiḥ śruteryataḥ | na buddhyā kriyate tasmānnātmanānyena vā sadā ||
Knowledge is the very nature of the Self, an eternal light, as scripture says. So it is never produced by the intellect, nor by the Self, nor by anything else.
ज्ञान आत्मा का स्वरूप ही है, नित्य ज्योति, जैसा श्रुति कहती है। इसलिए वह कभी न बुद्धि से उत्पन्न होता है, न आत्मा से, न किसी और से।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Thoughts and information are produced and lost, but the light in which they appear is not made by anything. You do not have to earn or create that awareness; you are it, even on days when the mind is dark.
विचार और जानकारी बनते-बिगड़ते हैं, पर जिस प्रकाश में वे दिखते हैं वह किसी से नहीं बनता। उस चेतना को कमाना या बनाना नहीं पड़ता; आप वही हैं, उन दिनों में भी जब मन अँधेरे में हो।
Shankaracharya states his conclusion: knowledge, in the sense of pure awareness, is the Self's own nature, an eternal light according to scripture, and is never produced by anything.