Verse 5

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In plain words

Whoever holds the thought 'I am not' is saying of brahman — the one real thing — that it does not exist. Whoever knows 'I am' knows, all on his own, brahman itself.

Close to the Sanskrit

He who knows 'I am not' — that one knows the real brahman itself as 'it does not exist'. Knowing 'I am', that one himself knows brahman itself.