The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyam

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कैष तदाभूदित्यस्य प्रश्नस्य प्रतिवचनमुक्तम् ; अनेन च प्रश्ननिर्णयेन विज्ञानमयस्य स्वभावतो विशुद्धिः असंसारि-

In plain words

The answer to 'Who was this, then, in deep sleep?' has already been given. And this settling of the question reveals something more: the awareness-self is, by its very nature, pure — untouched by the wheel of birth and death—

Close to the Sanskrit

The reply to the question 'Who was this, then?' has been given; and by this determination of the question, [it is shown that] the vijñānamaya self is, by its own nature, pure — free from transmigra—