अध्यक्षस्य समीपे तु सिद्धिः स्यादिति चेन्मतम् । नाध्यक्षेऽनुपकारित्वादन्यत्रापि प्रसङ्गतः ॥
adhyakṣasya samīpe tu siddhiḥ syāditi cenmatam | nādhyakṣe'nupakāritvādanyatrāpi prasaṅgataḥ ||
If you think they become established in the presence of an overseer, no: [they do] nothing for the overseer, and [the same] would follow for other things too.
यदि आपका मत हो कि अध्यक्ष (साक्षी) के समीप होने से उनकी सिद्धि होती है, तो नहीं; क्योंकि वे अध्यक्ष का कोई उपकार नहीं करते, और यह बात अन्य वस्तुओं पर भी लागू हो जाएगी।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Mere nearness to a witness does not explain knowing. Shankaracharya will argue that the mind actually carries a reflection of awareness.
केवल साक्षी के पास होना जानने की व्याख्या नहीं करता। शंकराचार्य आगे कहेंगे कि मन में वास्तव में चेतना का प्रतिबिम्ब पड़ता है।
Shankaracharya rejects the suggestion that cognitions become known merely by being near an inactive overseer: such an overseer gains nothing from them, and the same would hold for anything near it.