Verse 285

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US-P16.036ab ।US-P16.036cd ॥

In plain words

And precisely because of this absolute purity and its complete distinctness from all mental projections, the Self is neither something to be attained nor something to be abandoned. It is not an artifact created by anything else.

Close to the Sanskrit

And hence the absolute purity of this [Self] is from [its being] distinct from mental construction; therefore the Self is neither to be accepted nor abandoned, nor is it fabricated by others.