Monday, October 18, 2021

On Eka-ātma-pratyaya-sāram

After all the neti neti of Mandukya 7, this all-important positive line appears. Here are various translations: 


whose valid proof consists in the single belief in the Self 

~Gambhirananda 


The essence of the Consciousness manifesting as the self [in the three states] 

~Nikhilananda 


As one whose essence is the perception of itself alone 

~Olivelle 


 essentially of the Self alone 

~Chinmayananda 


 Always experienced as the unbroken “I-sense,” 

~Swartz 


The only proof of His existence is union with Him 

~Yeats & Purohit 


The essence of the assurance of which is the state of being one with the Self 

~Hume 


Essence of self knowledge 

~Raphael 


The essence of its certainty is the one Self.  

~Jones 

 

Essentially one-pointed self-awareness,  

~aumdada 

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