In English
At this stage, we have to make an enquiry and ask: What is it that is born? What do you mean by, “I was born?” What was born was the body. If we make the enquiry, “What existed before we were born?” then if it did exist, there is no question of its being born. Suppose we take the view that it did not exist at all. If it did not exist, where is the question of something that did not exist and does not exist being born? How are we to find this out? How do we get the knowledge of what is this “I”? What is the way by which one can understand this question also, we should ask ourselves. Those texts that tell us and teach us answers to these questions are called and . To know myself, you may ask, why should I go and hanker after what is contained in the .