सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम् ।असक्तं सर्वभृच्चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च ॥
sarvendriya-guṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriya-vivarjitam |asaktaṃ sarva-bhṛc caiva nirguṇaṃ guṇa-bhoktṛ ca ||
- सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासम् · sarvendriya-guṇābhāsam
- shining through the workings of all senses
- सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम् · sarvendriya-vivarjitam
- devoid of all senses
- असक्तम् · asaktam
- unattached
- सर्वभृत् · sarva-bhṛt
- supporting all
- निर्गुणम् · nirguṇam
- free from the qualities
- गुणभोक्तृ · guṇa-bhoktṛ
- experiencing the qualities
“Shining through the workings of all the senses, yet devoid of all senses; unattached, yet supporting all; free from the qualities, yet experiencing them.”
— Original plain-language translation
Three deliberate paradoxes: sensing without senses, holding without clinging, tasting qualities without owning them. Each protects against a one-sided picture — transcendence that forgets immanence, or the reverse.
— Reader's notes (original)