US-P17.036ab ।US-P17.036cd ॥
In plain words
Witnessing the movements of the mind alone without ever being touched by them, the thinker remains unborn and distinct from thought itself. As the eternal Knower whose power of awareness never lapses, the Self abides—and this is precisely what scripture proclaims.
Close to the Sanskrit
Witnessing the mind’s own modification, the thinker is unborn and distinct from the mind. He is the Knower because his power of consciousness never ceases, as scripture declares in the passage beginning “not [losing sight]”.