The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyam

Bhashya

Bhashya

अपरे वर्णयन्ति—उपासनेनात्मविषयं विशिष्टं विज्ञानान्तरं भावयेत् ; तेनात्मा ज्ञायते ; अविद्यानिवर्तकं च तदेव, नात्मविषयं वेदवाक्यजनितं विज्ञानमिति ।एतस्मिन्नर्थे वचनान्यपि—'विज्ञाय प्रज्ञां कुर्वीत' 'द्रष्टव्यः श्रोतव्यो मन्तव्यो निदिध्यासितव्यः' 'सोऽन्वेष्टव्यः स विजिज्ञासितव्यः' इत्यादीनि ॥

In plain words

Some maintain that through meditation one must evoke a specialized awareness of the self, by which the self is known, and that this alone dispels ignorance—not the mere knowledge of the self born from scriptural sentences. In support of this view they cite scriptural passages such as: 'Having known, let him cultivate understanding'; 'The self is to be seen, heard, reflected upon, and deeply meditated upon'; 'He is to be sought after, he is to be inquired into,' and so on.

Close to the Sanskrit

Others describe: Through meditation one should bring about a distinct cognition concerning the self; by that the self is known; and that alone is the remover of nescience, not the knowledge born from Vedic sentences concerning the self. In this meaning also utterances: 'Having known let him form understanding' 'To be seen, to be heard, to be reflected upon, to be deeply meditated upon' 'He is to be sought after, he is to be inquired into' and so on.