एकी भवति न पश्यतीत्याहुरेकी भवति न जिघ्रतीत्याहुरेकी भवति न रसयत इत्याहुरेकी भवति न वदतीत्याहुरेकी भवति न शृणोतीत्याहुरेकी भवति न मनुत इत्याहुरेकी भवति न स्पृशतीत्याहुरेकी भवति न विजानातीत्याहुस्तस्य हैतस्य हृदयस्याग्रं प्रद्योतते तेन प्रद्योतेनैष आत्मा निष्क्रामति चक्षुष्टो वा
In plain words
He becomes whole and undivided, they say — and so he no longer sees. He becomes whole — and no longer smells. He becomes whole — and no longer tastes. He becomes whole — and no longer speaks. He becomes whole — and no longer hears. He becomes whole — and no longer thinks. He becomes whole — and no longer touches. He becomes whole — and no longer knows, the way knowing usually works. Then the very tip of his heart begins to glow, and by that glow this self makes its way out — through the eye, perhaps, or...
Close to the Sanskrit
'He becomes one' — 'he does not see', they say. 'He becomes one' — 'he does not smell', they say. 'He becomes one' — 'he does not taste', they say. 'He becomes one' — 'he does not speak', they say. 'He becomes one' — 'he does not hear', they say. 'He becomes one' — 'he does not think', they say. 'He becomes one' — 'he does not touch', they say. 'He becomes one' — 'he does not know', they say. The tip of his heart lights up; by that light this self departs, either through the eye, or...