उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वापि भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम् ।विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः ॥
utkrāmantaṃ sthitaṃ vāpi bhuñjānaṃ vā guṇānvitam |vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ ||
- उत्क्रामन्तम् · utkrāmantam
- departing (the body)
- स्थितम् · sthitam
- dwelling (in the body)
- भुञ्जानम् · bhuñjānam
- enjoying, experiencing
- गुणान्वितम् · guṇānvitam
- attended by the strands
- विमूढाः · vimūḍhāḥ
- the deluded
- न अनुपश्यन्ति · na anupaśyanti
- do not see
- पश्यन्ति · paśyanti
- they see
- ज्ञानचक्षुषः · jñānacakṣuṣaḥ
- those with the eye of wisdom
“Whether it departs, dwells, or enjoys attended by the strands — the deluded do not see; those with the eye of wisdom do.”
— Original plain-language translation
The self's whole journey — exit, residence, experience — is invisible to the careless but plain to the trained eye. The wisdom-eye is cultivated by the very teachings of this chapter. Seeing is not granted; it is grown.
— Reader's notes (original)