Shloka 18

आभ्यन्तरध्यान-तत्त्वगणना-चतुर्व्यूहयोगः

Adhyaya 28

Devanagari script

सूक्ष्मं वदन्ति ऋषयो यन्न वाच्यं द्विजोत्तमाः यतो वाचो निवर्तन्ते अप्राप्य मनसा सह

Transliteration

sūkṣmaṃ vadanti ṛṣayo yanna vācyaṃ dvijottamāḥ yato vāco nivartante aprāpya manasā saha

Translation

Die Rishis verkünden, jene Wirklichkeit sei höchst subtil—o Bester der Zweimalgeborenen—weil sie nicht in Worten auszusprechen ist; von ihr kehrt die Rede zurück, und selbst der Geist wendet sich ab, ohne sie zu erreichen.

Word by Word

• सूक्ष्मम्: extremely subtle

• वदन्ति: declare/say

• ऋषयः: the seers

• यत्: which/that

• न: not

• वाच्यम्: expressible by speech

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best among the twice-born (brahmins)

• यतः: from which/because of which

• वाचः: words/speech

• निवर्तन्ते: turn back/withdraw

• अप्राप्य: without reaching/attaining

• मनसा: by the mind/with the mind

• सह: along with/also

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)