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मन्त्र २८ [IV.Ii.28] यद्वै तन्न मनुते मन्वानो वै तन्न मनुते न हि मन्तुर्मतेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वान् न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यन्मन्वीत
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mantra 28 ##[IV.Ii.28]## yadvai tanna manute manvAno vai tanna manute na hi manturmaterviparilopo vidyate.avinAshitvAn na tu taddvitIyamasti tato.anyad.hvibhaktaM yanmanvIta
वहु जो मनन नहीं करता सो मनन करता हुआ ही मनन नहीं करता । मनन करनेवालेकौ मननशक्तिका सवथा लोप नहीं होता, क्योंकि वह॒ अविनाशी है । उस अवस्थाभे, उससे भिन्न कोई दूसरी वस्तु वह जो नहीं जानता सो नहीं जानता हुजा ही नहीं जानता । विज्ञाताकी विज्ञाति ( विज्ञानशक्ति ) का सवथा लोप नहीं होता, क्योंकि वहू श्रविनाशी है । उस अवस्थामे उससे भिन्न कों दूसरा पदाथ ही नहीं नयोः च्टवादिसहकारितेऽपि 'यश्रकाशनज्वलनादिवद्धरम- चत्र केचिद् व्याचक्षते-
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'And when (it is said that) there (in the Sushupti) he does not think, yet he is thinking, though he does not think. For thinking is inseparable from the thinker, because it cannot perish. But there is then no second, nothing else different from him that he could think.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
मन्त्र २८ [IV.Ii.28] यद्वै तन्न मनुते मन्वानो वै तन्न मनुते न हि मन्तुर्मतेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वान् न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यन्मन्वीत
Literal translation
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'And when (it is said that) there (in the Sushupti) he does not think, yet he is thinking, though he does not think. For thinking is inseparable from the thinker, because it cannot perish. But there is then no second, nothing else different from him that he could think.
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Sense: 'And when (it is said that) there (in the Sushupti) he does not think, yet he is thinking, though he does not think. For thinking is inseparable from the thinker, because it cannot perish. But there is then no second, nothing else different from him that he could think.
Sense: 'And when (it is said that) there (in the Sushupti) he does not think, yet he is thinking, though he does not think. For thinking is inseparable from the thinker, because it cannot perish. But there is then no second, nothing else different from him that he could think.
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वहु जो मनन नहीं करता सो मनन करता हुआ ही मनन नहीं करता। देह के पदार्थ बदलते रहते हैं, पर जानने का बोध बना रहता है। यह पंक्ति उसी अंतर को कहती है — जो बदलता है वह आवरण है, जो जानता है वह निरंतर है।
A modern parallel offered for reflection. It is not part of the scripture, and it has not been checked against the original sources it may allude to.
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- Sanskrit text
- sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/brihadaaraNyaka.itx · fetched 2026-06-03
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