The Seventh Mantra of the Mandukya Upanishad Naantahpragyam na bahishhpragyam nobhayatahpragyam na pragyaanaghanam na pragyam naapragyam, adrishhtam avyavahaaryam agraahyam alakshanam achintyam avyapadeshyam ekaatmapratyayasaaram prapanchopashamam shaantam shivam advaitam chaturthammanyante sa aatmaa sa vigyeyah The Self is not the dreamer, not the waker, not an in-between state, not the deep sleeper, not the all-knower and not unconscious. The Self is invisible, not transactable, not graspable, cannot be inferred, beyond thought and beyond language. It is the essence of the “I-sense”, the
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