Brihadaranyaka Upanishad · Adhyaya 3
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.4.2 meaning
na drishter drashtaram pashyer na shruteh shrotaram shrinuyah
na mater mantaram manveetha na vijnater vijnataram vijaneeyah
न दृष्टेर्द्रष्टारं पश्येर्न श्रुतेः श्रोतारं शृणुयाः ।
न मतेर्मन्तारं मन्वीथा न विज्ञातेर्विज्ञातारं विजानीयाः ॥
You cannot see the seer of seeing. You cannot hear the hearer of hearing. You cannot think the thinker of thinking. You cannot know the knower of knowing.
What it means
Asked to show the Self directly, Yajnavalkya points to the one doing the looking. You will never catch it as an object, because it is the very subject. Rest as the one who sees.हिंदी में अर्थ
देखने वाले को तुम देख नहीं सकते। सुनने वाले को सुन नहीं सकते। सोचने वाले को सोच नहीं सकते। जानने वाले को जान नहीं सकते।
जब आत्मा को सीधे दिखाने को कहा गया, तो याज्ञवल्क्य ने देखने वाले की ओर इशारा किया। वह वस्तु बनकर कभी पकड़ में नहीं आएगा, क्योंकि वही देखने वाला है।
Spoken by Yajnavalkya.
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