Avatarika
क्षरात्पर यत्सर्वोपाधिभेदवर्जितमक्षरस्यैव स्वरूपमाकाशस्येव सर्वमूर्त्तिवर्जित नेति नेतीत्यादिविशेषण विवक्षन्नाह—
In plain words
That which transcends the perishable, completely free from all conditioning limitations, is the true nature of the Imperishable itself—devoid of all form, much like space. Wishing to convey this through qualifiers such as 'not this, not this', the text declares:
Close to the Sanskrit
Higher than the perishable, which is devoid of all distinctions of limitations, the very intrinsic nature of the Imperishable itself, devoid of all forms like space—wishing to express qualifications such as 'not this, not this', he says: