The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

Bhashya

Bhashya

कस्यैष मौनः कतरत्तु मौनं प्रब्रूहि विद्वन्निह मौनभावम् ।

In plain words

Whose silence is this? And which of the two is really silence? Tell me plainly, you who know — what is this state of silence?

Close to the Sanskrit

Whose is this silence? And which is silence? Declare, O learned one, the state of silence here.