Verse 2.395

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

पूर्वपूर्वातिरेकेण त्रीन्कोशानतिलङ्घ्य च ।
विज्ञानमयरूपायां गुहायां दर्शितः परः ॥ ३९५ ॥

pūrvapūrvātirekeṇa trīnkośānatilaṅghya ca |
vijñānamayarūpāyāṃ guhāyāṃ darśitaḥ paraḥ || 395 ||

English translation of verse 2.395:

Passing over one after another from the outward sheath, and transcending the three sheaths, the supreme Brahman is shown as located in the cave of the intellect.

Notes:

The text relating to the entry of Brahman (praveśavacanam) into the universe is, as stated earlier, for the purpose of imparting the knowledge of non-difference of Brahman and Ātman. The annamaya-kośa is the outermost sheath of the jīva. Within the annamaya, there is the prāṇamaya-kośa. Inside the prāṇamaya there is the manomaya-kośa. And within the manomaya, there is the vijñānamaya-kośa, the sheath of intellect. Thus as we go inward by transcending the sheaths of food, vitality, and mind, we come to the sheath formed of the vijñāna wherein the supreme Brahman is laid. The sheath formed of the vijñāna is the cave of the intellect (vijñānamayarūpā yā buddhilakṣaṇā guhā). When śruti says that Brahman has entered into the sheath of vijñāna or the intellect, it is to emphasize the non-difference of Brahman and Ātman.