Mandukya_Upanishad

which you have seen, heard, etc.? But here is somethingwhich you have not seen, which you have not heard of; howcan you have a characterisation of it? There is, thus, nodefinition of this Being of beings. No one can say anythingabout it. Acintyam: It is unthinkable by the mind. Youcannot form a thought of this Being. You cannot, therefore,meditate upon it in the usual manner. You cannot think it,because to think would be to bring the object to the realmof space and time, to externalise it. It is not an object, and itis not in space and time, and, so, it is not thinkable.Avyapadeśyam: Indescribable, ineffable is it. You cannotspeak its glory with your tongue. No scripture can describeit; no saint can explain it. Not even the wisdom of the sagesput together can be adequate to its greatness. It is beyondall the wisdom of the sages, and it is peerless, incomparable.This character of the Being of this Reality is due to the factthat it cannot be referred to by anyone else. This world is anetwork of references. One thing is referred to the other forthe purpose of definition, understanding and dealing. Thewhole world of business is a realm of references made to‘others’. Here, however, no such reference is possible. It is asilence of all activity, both of the body and of the mind.Ekātmapratyayasāram: Here, we have a wonderfulcharacterisation of the Ātman. The Ātman can be definedonly as the Ātman. You cannot define it by any other formor concept. It is said that the battle between Rāma andRāvana was incomparable. To what can you compare thebattle between Rāma and Rāvana? You can say thatsomething is vast like the ocean, endless like the sky, brightlike the sun, sweet like sugar. But, like what was the battle101