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sarvendriyaguṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriyavivarjitam . asaktaṃ sarvabhṛccaiva nirguṇaṃ guṇabhoktṛ ca
借由一切感官的功能而显现,却又无有任何感官;无所执著,却又确实是万物的支持者;无有“德性”(Guṇa,古纳),却又是“德性”的体验者。
Shining through the functions of all the organs, (yet) devoid of all the organs; unattached, and verily the supporter of all; without ality, and the perceiver of alities;
“梵”无眼而视,无耳而听,无鼻而嗅,无口而食,无肤而感,无手而握,无足而行。祂是未被看见的见者,未被听见的听者,未被思虑的思者。除祂之外,没有见者,没有听者,没有思者。祂是“我”(Atman,阿特曼),是内在的统治者,是不朽的。(《广林奥义书》(Brihadaranyaka Upanishad)III.7.23)祂超脱于“原质”(Prakṛti,普拉克里蒂)的“德性”(Guṇa,古纳),却又是这些“德性”的体验者。所有感官——五种知觉器官和五种行动器官,以及内在感官,即心智和理智——都包含在“所有感官”这个词中。行动器官和知觉器官与心智和理智协同运作,它们无法独立运作。因此,心智和理智也包含在“所有感官”这个词中。“梵”是超验且未显现的,但它通过外在和内在感官的限制性附加物来显现自身。由于它没有感官,所以无所执著,却又支持着一切。它是万物的支持或基质。它没有“原质”的“德性”,却又是这些“德性”的体验者。“梵”确实是神秘莫测的。本节引自《白骡氏奥义书》(Svetasvataropanishad)3.17。
Brahman sees without eyes? hears without ears? smells without nose? eats without mouth? feels without skin? grasps without hands? walks without feet. He is the unseen seer? the unheard hearer? the unthought thinker. Other than Him there is no seer? no hearer? no thinker. He is the Self? the Inner Ruler? the Immortal. (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad III.7.23) He is free from the,alities of Nature and yet He is the enjoyer of the alities.All the senses The five organs of knowledge and the five organs of action? the inner senses? mind and intellect come under the term all the senses. The organs of action and those of knowledge perform their functions in conjunction with the mind and the intellect. They cannot function independently. Therefore? the mind and the intellect are included in the term all the senses.Brahman is transcendental and unmanifest? but It manifests Itself through the limiting adjuncts of the extrnal and the internal senses. As It is destitute of the senses It is unattached and yet It supports all. It is the support or substratum of everything. It is destitute of the alities of Nature and yet It is the enjoyer of those alities. Brahman is really mysterious.This verse is taken from the Svetasvataropanishad 3.17.