Verse 674

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। ॥ ६७४ ॥

In plain words

A distinguishing attribute has a function only when another substance exists alongside it. But because the phenomenal universe is unreal, this Supreme Self is entirely non-dual.

Close to the Sanskrit

A qualifier serves for exclusion when another substance exists; this Supreme Self is non-dual because of the unreality of the universe.