ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वामृतमश्रुते । अनादिमत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते ॥ १२ ॥
jñeyaṁ yat tat pravakṣhyāmi yaj jñātvāmṛitam aśhnute anādi mat-paraṁ brahma na sat tan nāsad uchyate
Translation
I will now describe what is to be known, knowing which one attains immortality: the beginningless supreme Brahman, which is said to be neither being nor non-being.
Hindi Meaning (हिंदी अर्थ)
जो जानने योग्य है, और जिसे जानकर मनुष्य अमृत (मोक्ष) को प्राप्त होता है, उसे मैं अब कहूँगा। वह अनादि परम ब्रह्म न सत् कहा जाता है, न असत्।
Commentary
Now Krishna turns from the means of knowledge to its object (jneyam). Brahman is "neither sat nor asat" because it cannot be classed as an ordinary thing that exists, or as something that does not. It is beyond both categories. The phrase anadimat param can also be split as anadi mat-param, "beginningless, with Me as its highest." Ramanuja reads it that way, placing the Lord above even this Brahman. Krishna says something similar in 14.27: "I am the basis of Brahman."
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