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Chapter 12.242 - Verse 9

Sanskrit Text

एवमात्मा जानीते क्व गमिष्ये कुतो न्वहम् अन्यो ह्यत्रान्तरात्मास्ति यः सर्वमनुपश्यति

English Translation

As a large tree enveloped with numberless branches and filled with many flowers and fruits, does not know in which part it has flowers and in which it has fruits, similarly the Soul, as modified by birth and other qualities, does not know whence it has come and whither it is to go. There is, however, an inner Soul, which sees every thing.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

एवम् | आत्मा | न | जानीते | क्व | गमिष्ये | कुतो | नु + मद्
अन्यो | हि + अत्र + अन्तर् | आत्मन् + अस् | यः | सर्वम् | अनुपश्यति