The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Vākyavṛttiḥ

Verse 18

एवमिन्द्रियदृङ्नाहमिन्द्रियाणीति निश्चिनु ।मनोबुद्धिस्तथा प्राणो नाहमित्यवधारय ॥ १६ ॥

In plain words

In the same way: I am the one who sees the senses; I am not the senses. Settle that conclusively. Mind, intellect, and the life-breath too — I am not these. Hold that firmly.

Close to the Sanskrit

Thus — 'I am the seer of the senses, I am not the senses' — ascertain conclusively. 'Mind and intellect, and likewise breath, I am not' — hold this firmly.