Word meanings
- avyaktaḥ
- unmanifested
- ayam
- this soul
- acintyaḥ
- inconceivable
- ayam
- this soul
- avikāryaḥ
- unchangeable
- ayam
- this soul
- ucyate
- is said
- tasmāt
- therefore
- evam
- thus
- viditvā
- having known
- enam
- this soul
- na
- not
- anuśocitum
- to grieve
- arhasi
- befitting
Translations
This Self is said to be unmanifested, unthinkable, and unchangeable. Therefore, knowing this to be so, you should not grieve.
It is named the Unmanifest, the Unthinkable, and the immutable. Therefore, knowing the Spirit as such, you have no cause to grieve.
It is said that This is unmanifest; This is inconceivable; This is unchangeable. Therefore, having known This thus, you ought not to grieve.
यह देही प्रत्यक्ष नहीं दीखता, यह चिन्तनका विषय नहीं है और यह निर्विकार कहा जाता है। अतः इस देहीको ऐसा जानकर शोक नहीं करना चाहिये।Commentary
The Self is not an object of perception. It can hardly be seen by the physical eyes. Therefore, the Self is unmanifested. That which is seen by the eyes becomes an object of thought. As the Self cannot be perceived by the eyes? It is unthinkable. Milk when mixed with buttermilk changes its form. The Self cannot change Its form like milk. Hence? It is changeless and immutable. Therefore, thus understanding the Self, thou shouldst not mourn. Thou shouldst not think also that thou art their slayer and that they are killed by thee.