Shloka 9
Adhyāya 34: Kṣetrajña-Lakṣaṇa and the Araṇi Metaphor
Mind–Intellect Allegory
सव्वन्ननार्थयुक्तां श्व सर्वान् प्रत्यक्षहेतुकान् यतः परं न विद्येत ततो<भ्यासे भविष्यति
sarvān anarthayuktān ca sarvān pratyakṣa-hetukān | yato paraṃ na vidyeta tato 'bhyāse bhaviṣyati ||
婆罗门说道：一切直接呈现于诸根、似乎因缘分明之物，实则并非都具究竟之义。证得那“无上之彼”——其上更无他物——唯在长久修习之终，凭“非此、非此”（neti-neti）的否定之行，撤去虚妄认同，方能趋近至高真实。
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sense-perceived, causally explained phenomena do not yield ultimate meaning; the Supreme Reality—beyond which nothing exists—is realized only through sustained spiritual practice, especially the discriminative negation of all limited identifications (‘neti-neti’).
A Brahmin speaker instructs the listener in a contemplative, Upanishadic mode, shifting attention away from the apparent certainty of the perceptible world toward disciplined practice that culminates in direct realization of the highest principle.