वस्तुनो यद्यनानात्व आत्मन: प्रश्न ईदृश: । कथं घटेत वो विप्रा वक्तुर्वा मे क आश्रय: ॥ २२ ॥
vastuno yady anānātva ātmanaḥ praśna īdṛśaḥ kathaṁ ghaṭeta vo viprā vaktur vā me ka āśrayaḥ
- vastunaḥ
- of the essential reality
- yadi
- if
- anānātve
- in the concept of nonindividuality
- ātmanaḥ
- of the jīva soul
- praśnaḥ
- question
- īdṛśaḥ
- such
- katham
- how
- ghaṭeta
- is it possible or appropriate
- vaḥ
- of you who are asking
- viprāḥ
- O brāhmaṇas
- vaktuḥ
- of the speaker
- vā
- or
- me
- of Me
- kaḥ
- what is
- āśrayaḥ
- the real situation or resting place
My dear brāhmaṇas, if, when asking Me who I am, you believe that I am also a jīva soul and that there is no ultimate difference between us — since all souls are ultimately one without individuality — then how is your question possible or appropriate? Ultimately, what is the real situation or resting place both of yourselves and of Me?