Verse 107 Vartikam

Now silence (mauna) is defined: because the grounds for verbal designation such as categorization and action are absent, true silence is that which is beyond the relam of both mind and speech. This is none other than Brahman, which cannot be spoken of. Yet it is knowable to yogins, attainable by knowledge-yogins through realization of its identity with the inner Self. Therefore, this silence, well-known as the very form of Brahman, is what the wise and discriminating should constantly abide in, reflecting: ‘That (Brahman) I am.’

1. Mauna as Brahman

• True mauna is not muteness but abiding in Brahman, which transcends speech and thought.
• Mounam hi brahma-lakṣaṇam — silence is the very nature of Brahman.

1. Beyond linguistic categories

• Words operate by universals (jāti), qualities, or actions.
• Brahman is beyond all such grounds; hence unspeakable (avācya).

1. Knowable through identity

• Though inexpressible, Brahman is directly realized (pratyag-abhinna), because the Self and Brahman are non-different.

1. Sādhanā: “Tad Aham Asmi”

• The culmination is continuous nididhyāsana: “That Brahman I am.”
• This is not conceptual repetition but steady abidance in one’s true nature.

1. Practical insight

• A jñānī’s silence is not void but fullness: silence as unmediated identity with awareness of Brahman.