। ॥ ५८२ ॥
In plain words
If the self truly exists, why is it not perceived during deep sleep? What is the proof of its persistence there? What are its defining marks, and why does it remain un-negated when the ego and all other manifestations are swept away?
Close to the Sanskrit
If the self exists, why is it not perceived, just as in deep sleep it stays, what is the proof? What is its characteristic, how is it not sublated when the ego and others are being sublated by themselves?