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उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वापि भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम्।विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः।।15.10।।

utkrāmantaṁ sthitaṁ vāpi bhuñjānaṁ vā guṇānvitam vimūḍhā nānupaśhyanti paśhyanti jñāna-chakṣhuṣhaḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 15, Verse 10
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
The deluded do not see Him who departs, stays, and enjoys; but those who possess the eye of knowledge behold Him.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: the deluded do not perceive this self as it departs, remains, or experiences, joined with the qualities, but those with the eye of knowledge perceive it, again distinguishing between ordinary, unreflective perception and a more cultivated, discerning kind.

In life: the same ordinary daily events look completely different depending on whether you're perceiving them with unreflective habit or with cultivated, discerning attention.

Teaching: pick one routine part of your day and deliberately try perceiving it with more cultivated, discerning attention rather than unreflective habit, notice what becomes visible that you'd normally miss entirely.

utkrāmantamdeparting
sthitamresiding
vā apior even
bhuñjānamenjoys
vāor
guṇa-anvitamunder the spell of the modes of material nature
vimūḍhāḥthe ignorant
nanot
anupaśhyantipercieve
paśhyantibehold
jñāna-chakṣhuṣhaḥthose who possess the eyes of knowledge

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
15.10 उत्क्रामन्तम् departing? स्थितम् staying? वा or? अपि also? भुञ्जानम् enjoying? वा or? गुणान्वितम् united with the Gunas? विमूढाः the deluded? न not? अनुपश्यन्ति do see (Him)? पश्यन्ति behold (Him)? ज्ञानचक्षुषः those who possess the eye of knowledge.Commentary Though the Self is nearest and comes most easily within their field of vision or consciousness? the ignorant and the deluded are not able to behold Him? because they are swayed by the alities of Nature their minds constantly run towards the sensual objects and are saturated with passion they identify the Self with the body their vision is engrossed in external forms. But those who are endowed with the inner eye of intuition do behold Him.Yama said to Nachiketas The selfexistent Brahma created the senses with outgoing tendencies therefore man beholds the external universe and not the internal Self. He aded But some wise men with their senses turned away from the objects? desirous of immortality? turn their gaze inwards and behold the Self within (seated in their heart). (Katha Upanishad IV.1)Those who possess the inner eye of knowledge behold that the Self is entirely distinct from the body. They realise the Selfs separate existence from the body and know that the body moves and acts on account of Its presence therein? just as the iron moves and acts in the presence of the magnet.