The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 218

p. 218

अविदुष उभयोरनुभव एव, नान्यतरेणान्यतरस्य नाशः ।विदुषः पुनरुभयोरपि ज्ञानाग्निना नाश इत्युत्तरमाह—

In plain words

The one who does not know simply undergoes both of them; neither one puts an end to the other. But for the one who knows, both are destroyed by the fire of knowledge. That is the answer he gives:

Close to the Sanskrit

For the one who does not know, there is only the experience of both; there is no destruction of one of the two by the other. But for the one who knows, there is destruction of both by the fire of knowledge — thus he states the answer: