Mandukya • Chapter 1 • Shloka 7
नान्तःप्रज्ञं न बहिष्प्रज्ञं नोभयतःप्रज्ञं न प्रज्ञानघनं न प्रज्ञं नाप्रज्ञम्।
अदृष्टमव्यवहार्यमग्राह्यमलक्षणमचिन्त्यमव्यपदेश्यमेकात्मप्रत्ययसारं प्रपञ्चोपशमं शान्तं शिवमद्वैतं चतुर्थं मन्यन्ते स आत्मा स विज्ञेयः ॥
The Fourth (Turīya) is not inwardly conscious, nor outwardly conscious, nor both inwardly and outwardly conscious.
It is not a mass of undifferentiated consciousness, nor is it consciousness in the ordinary sense, nor unconsciousness.
It is unseen, beyond empirical dealings, incomprehensible, ungraspable, without distinguishing marks, unthinkable, and indescribable.
Its essence is the certainty of the one Self alone. It is the cessation of all phenomena, peaceful, auspicious, and non-dual.
This is regarded as the Fourth (Turīya).
This is the Ātman (Self).
This is what is to be realized.
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