Verse 2.612

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तेषु घटोऽयमिति संविदः ।
व्यवधानं न चेहास्ति तद्भावाभावसाक्षितः ॥ ६१२ ॥

jāgratsvapnasuṣupteṣu ghaṭo'yamiti saṃvidaḥ |
vyavadhānaṃ na cehāsti tadbhāvābhāvasākṣitaḥ || 612 ||

English translation of verse 2.612:

Unlike the cognition, “This is a pot,” here (in respect of Brahman-consciousness) there is no interruption (by space, etc.) in waking, dream, and deep sleep states, because it is the witness of the presence as well as the absence of the interruption.

Notes:

We have the cognition of an object like a pot only when certain conditions are fulfilled. An object is cognized only when there is no interruption or obstacle (vyavadhāna) by space and time. We are able to perceive an object which is in front, but not that which is in some other place. It means that among the various requirements there must be the absence of interruption by space (deśa-vyavadhāna) if the object is to be perceived. Again, we perceive an object which is in front of us just now, but not one which was in the past. In other words, there must be the absence of interruption by time (kāla-vyavadhāna) if an object is to be perceived. Further, our cognition is dependent on the appropriate state of mind. In the absence of the appropriate mental mode (buddhi-vṛtti), an object cannot be cognized, though other conditions are fulfilled. Like space and time, buddhi-vṛtti also, when not appropriate, will be an obstacle or interruption to the rise of cognition. An object which is cognized in the waking state is not cognized in dream, and nice versa. An object which is cognized in waking and dream states is not cognized in the state of deep sleep. Therefore our cognition of an object suffers interruption for want of appropriate conditions like place, time, mental mode, etc. (ghaṭo'yamitisaṃvido deśa-kāla-jñānabuddhivṛtti-lakṣaṇaṃ vyavdhānamasti). But there is no such interruption or obstacle for Brahman-consciousness in any condition or in any state whatsoever—waking, dream, or deep sleep. Brahman is the ever-existent and ever-revealing consciousness. It is the Witness of the presence as well as the absence of any interruption. It is through the Witness-consciousness that we have to know whether there is any interruption or not for the rise of cognition. Such being the nature of Brahman-consciousness, it does not require any other pramāṇa for its revelation.