US-P18.003ab नित्यमुक्तः सदेवास्मीत्येवं चेन् न भवेन् मतिः ।US-P18.003cd किमर्थं श्रावयत्येवं मातृवच्छ्रुतिरादृता ॥
In plain words
If the certainty "I am ever-free, Being alone" could never arise in anyone — then why does śruti, which we honor the way we honor a mother, keep telling us exactly this?
Close to the Sanskrit
If the thought — 'I am ever-free, Being alone' — should not thus arise, for what purpose does śruti, honored like a mother, cause this very thing to be heard?