Bhashya
कस्य कीदृशस्य एषः पूर्वोक्तो वागाद्युपरतिलक्षणो मौनं भवति ।कतरत्तु एतयोरसंभाषणात्मस्वरूपयोः मौनं प्रब्रूहि हे विद्वन्, इह मौनभावं मौनस्य स्वभावं मौनेन तूष्णींभावेन विद्वानुपयाति मौनं ब्रह्म, आहोस्विदन्येन ? कथं मुने मौनमिहाचरन्ति ॥
In plain words
To whom and to what kind of person does this aforementioned silence—characterized by the withdrawal of speech and senses—truly belong? O wise one, please explain which of the two is intended: mere refraining from speech, or the profound silence that is the very nature of the Self. Does the sage attain absolute silence and Brahman simply through outer quietude, or by some other means? How do enlightened sages practice silence here?
Close to the Sanskrit
Of whom and of what kind does this aforementioned silence characterized by cessation of speech and others become? But which of the two, the silence of non-speech or of the nature of the self, please explain, O wise one. Here does the wise one attain the state of silence, the nature of silence, silence as Brahman through keeping quiet, or by another? How do sages practice silence here?