अतीव सूक्ष्मं परमात्मतत्त्वं । न स्थूलदृष्ट्या प्रतिपत्तुमर्हति । समाधिनात्यन्तसुसूक्ष्मवृत्त्या । ज्ञातव्यमार्यैरतिशुद्धबुद्धिभिः ॥
atīva sūkṣmaṃ paramātmatattvaṃ | na sthūladṛṣṭyā pratipattumarhati | samādhinātyantasusūkṣmavṛttyā | jñātavyamāryairatiśuddhabuddhibhiḥ ||
The truth of the supreme Self is extremely subtle; it cannot be grasped by gross vision. It is to be known by the noble, whose minds are very pure, through samadhi, by an exceedingly subtle state of mind.
परमात्म-तत्त्व अत्यंत सूक्ष्म है; स्थूल दृष्टि से उसे नहीं पकड़ा जा सकता। अत्यंत शुद्ध बुद्धि वाले श्रेष्ठ जन उसे समाधि में अत्यंत सूक्ष्म वृत्ति द्वारा जानते हैं।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Not everything worth knowing can be seen with a busy, coarse attention. The deepest things ask for a quiet, refined mind.
जानने योग्य हर चीज़ व्यस्त और मोटी नज़र से नहीं दिखती। सबसे गहरी बातें एक शांत और सूक्ष्म मन माँगती हैं।
The guru continues teaching the disciple in the Vivekachudamani (attributed to Shankaracharya): he says the supreme Self is extremely subtle and cannot be grasped by gross sight; it is known by noble seekers of very pure mind through the subtlest attention in samadhi.