ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते ।अनादिमत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते ॥
jñeyaṃ yat tat pravakṣyāmi yaj jñātvāmṛtam aśnute |anādi-mat paraṃ brahma na sat tan nāsad ucyate ||
- ज्ञेयम् · jñeyam
- the knowable
- प्रवक्ष्यामि · pravakṣyāmi
- I shall declare
- ज्ञात्वा · jñātvā
- having known
- अमृतम् अश्नुते · amṛtam aśnute
- one tastes the deathless
- अनादिमत् · anādi-mat
- beginningless
- परम् ब्रह्म · param brahma
- the supreme Brahman
- न सत् न असत् · na sat na asat
- neither being nor non-being
- उच्यते · ucyate
- is said to be
“I shall declare what is to be known, knowing which one tastes the deathless: the beginningless supreme Brahman, said to be neither being nor non-being.”
— Original plain-language translation
The knowable is introduced by its fruit — deathlessness — and its paradox: beyond both 'is' and 'is not.' The verse sets up the luminous contradictions of 13–17, where Brahman holds every opposite.
— Reader's notes (original)