यद्वै तन्न मनुते मन्वानो वै तन्न मनुते, न हि मन्तुर्मतेर्विपरिलोपो विद्यतेऽविनाशित्वान्; न तु तद्द्वितीयमस्ति ततोऽन्यद्विभक्तं यन्मन्वीत ॥ २८ ॥
yadvai tanna manute manvāno vai tanna manute, na hi manturmaterviparilopo vidyate’vināśitvān; na tu taddvitīyamasti tato’nyadvibhaktaṃ yanmanvīta || 28 ||
28. That it does not think in that state is because, although thinking then, it does not think; for the thinker’s function of thinking can never be lost, because it is immortal. But there is not that second thing separate from it which it can think.