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मन्येत ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मवेत् ।ज्ञातीनां पुत्रमित्रकलत्रादीनां मध्ये संनिधौ वसन् नैव विन्देत न प्रतिपद्येत किञ्चन किञ्चिदपि ।कश्चनेति केचित् ।योगी नैव विन्देत पुत्रमित्रकलत्रादिकं परित्यज्य केवलं स्वात्मनिष्ठो गूढचर्यो भवेदित्यर्थः ।तथा च श्रुतिः—‘कुटुम्बं पुत्रदारांश्च वेदाङ्गानि च सर्वशः ।यज्ञं यज्ञोपवीतं च त्यक्त्वा गूढश्चरेन्मुनिः’ इति ।तथा चाह भगवान्वासिष्ठः—‘यन्न सन्तं न चासन्तं नाश्रुतं न बहुश्रुतम् ।न सुवृत्तं न दुर्वृत्तं वेद कश्चित्स ब्राह्मणः ॥जानन्नपि च मेधावी जडवल्लोक आचरेत्’ इति ॥ईदृशस्यैव ज्ञाननिष्ठाप्राप्तिलक्षणो मोक्षः नान्यस्य, विक्षेपबाहुल्यादिति भावः ।अथवा, ‘नित्यमज्ञातचर्या मे अज्ञातं चक्षुराद्यविषयभूते वाचामगोचरे अनुदितानस्तमितज्ञानात्मस्वावस्थिते अशनायाद्यसंस्पृष्टे पूर्णानन्दस्वरूपे सर्वान्तरे प्रत्यग्भूते ब्रह्मणि चर्या निष्ठा समाधिलक्षणा मे मम कर्तव्या, न पराग्भूतदेहेन्द्रियपुत्रमित्रकलत्रादौ ‘स्थूलोऽहं कृशोऽहं गच्छामि तिष्ठामि क्लीबः काणः मूको बधिरः अमुष्य पुत्रोऽस्य नप्ता ब्राह्मणोऽहं क्षत्रियोऽहं भार्या मे पुत्रो मे विभवो मे स्निग्धबन्धुसुहृदः’ इत्येवमात्मिका कर्तव्या’ इति मन्येत ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मवित् ।तथा च श्रुतिः—‘यच्चक्षुषा न पश्यति येन चक्षूंषि पश्यति, तदेव
In plain words
Even while living right in the midst of kinsmen, children, friends, and family, the true knower of Brahman remains inwardly untouched, claiming nothing as his own. Some explain this to mean that the yogi steps away from all domestic ties to dwell entirely anchored in the Self, moving through the world unnoticed. As the scripture declares: 'Leaving behind family, children, sacred rites, and the holy thread, the sage wanders in simple concealment.' And Vasiṣṭha affirms: 'The wise one whom no one can label as existing or non-existing, learned or unlearned, virtuous or wicked—though fully aware, he moves through the world like a child.' Liberation belongs only to those who rest unshakably in this direct knowledge, for any other path is crowded with endless mental distractions. Alternatively, this means: 'My true discipline is to abide silently in the self-luminous Brahman—that unborn, endless awareness untouched by hunger or sorrow, beyond speech and senses—rather than identifying with this external body, senses, or family as "I am stout, I am lean, I am a brāhmaṇa, this is my wife, this is my wealth, these are my kinsmen."' So should the knower of Brahman reflect. And as the scripture reminds us: 'That which the eye cannot see, but through which eyes see...'
Close to the Sanskrit
The knower of Brahman should think thus while dwelling in the midst of kinsmen and sons and friends and wives: he should not experience or accept anything whatsoever. Some say this means the yogi, abandoning sons, friends, wives, and the like, should become solely established in his own Self, with concealed conduct. And thus the sruti says: 'Having abandoned family, sons and wives, Vedic studies, sacrifice, and the sacred thread, the wise one should wander covertly.' And the venerable Vasiṣṭha also said: 'Whom no one knows as existing or not existing, as unlearned or much learned, as of good conduct or bad conduct, even while knowing him—that intelligent one should conduct himself in the world like an inert person.' Liberation is characterized by the attainment of steadfast abidance in this very knowledge, and of no other, because of the abundance of distractions—such is the import. Or else, 'Constant unknown conduct—abiding in my own self of knowledge, unrisen and unsetting, untouched by hunger and limitations, of the nature of full bliss, interior to all, having become the inner witness in Brahman, which is beyond the reach of speech and not an object of the eyes and other senses—should be performed by me, and not that which is directed towards the outward body, senses, sons, friends, wife, etc., having such a nature as "I am stout, I am lean, I go, I stand, impotent, one-eyed, mute, deaf, whose son I am, whose grandson, I am a brāhmaṇa, I am a kṣatriya, my wife, my son, my wealth, affectionate kinsmen and friends"'—thus the knower of Brahman should think. And thus the sruti: 'That which one does not see with the eye, by which one sees the eyes, that alone...'