US-P18.105ab किं सदेवाहमस्मीति किं वान्यत् प्रतिपद्यते ।US-P18.105cd सदेव चेदहंशब्दः सता मुख्यार्थ इष्यताम् ॥
In plain words
When the cognition 'I am' arises, what does it actually reach — Being itself, or something else? If the word 'I' lands on Being and nothing but Being, then admit it: Being is the primary meaning of 'I'.
Close to the Sanskrit
Does one apprehend 'I am Being alone,' thus, or does one apprehend something else? If the word 'I' is Being alone, let its primary meaning be accepted as [identical] with Being.