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Original Verse
नायमात्मा प्रवचनेन लभ्यो न मेधया न बहुना श्रुतेन । यमेवैष वृणुते तेन लभ्यस्तस्यैष आत्मा विवृणुते तनूँ स्वाम् ॥ १३ ॥

nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo na medhayā na bahunā śrutena | yam evaisa vṛṇute tena labhyas tasyaiṣa ātmā vivṛṇute tanūṃ svām || 13 ||

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Translations & Commentary

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Max Müller

English Translation

The Self cannot be gained by the Veda, by understanding, by much learning. He whom the Self chooses, by him the Self can be gained. The Self chooses him as its own.

Simple English

English Translation

This Self is not gained through lectures, nor through intellect, nor through much learning. It is gained only by the one whom it chooses. To that person the Self reveals its own form.