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ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।

सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।

English Commentary By Swami Sivananda

12.3 ये who, तु verily, अक्षरम् the imperishable, अनिर्देश्यम् the indefinable, अव्यक्तम् the unmanifested, पर्युपासते worship, सर्वत्रगम् the omnipresent, अचिन्त्यम् the unthinkable, च and, कूटस्थम् the unchangeable, अचलम् the immovable, ध्रुवम् the eternal.

Commentary:
Anirdesyam That which cannot be actually shown or which cannot be defined -- the Akshaa or Satchidananda Para Brahman is beyond the reach of the mind and speech. Why can It not be defined Because It is unmanifested. It does not have the four alities of manifested beings, vi.z, Jati (caste such as Brahmana, Kshatriya, etc.), Guna (attributes such as blueness, whiteness, tallness, shortness, etc.), Kriya (reading, walking, etc.), and Sambandha (like the relation between father and son).The unmanifest Incomprehensible by any of the organs of knowledge not manifest to any of the organs of knowledge.Upasana (worship) means sitting near. It is approaching the chosen ideal or object of worship by meditating on it, in accordance with the teachings of the scriptures and the spiritual preceptor, and dwelling steadily in the current of that one thought like a threat of oil poured from one vessel to another. It means continous and uninterrupted contemplation of God.The imperishable Brahman is omnipresent, pervading everything like the ether. It is unthinkable, because It is unmanifest. Whatever is visible to the senses can be thought of by the mind also. That which can be grasped by the organs of knowledge can be thought of by the mind also. But the Supreme Being is invisible to the senses and so cannot be grasped by the organs of knowledge and is, therefore, unthinkable. All thoughts of God ultimately lead the aspirant to iescent meditation.It is Kutastha (unchangeable). Kutastha means remaining like a mass or a heap. Therefore It is immutable and eternal. Just as the anvil remains unchanged though the ironpieces which are beaten on the anvil change their shape, so also Brahman is unchanging though the forms are changing. Hence Brahman is called Kutastha. Kuta also means a thing which appears to be good externally but which is full of evil within. Hence it refers to that seed of Samsara, viz., ignorance, which is full of evil within and which is known as the Avyakrita (undifferentiated) in the Svetasvataropanishad (Mayam tu prakritim vidyat, Mayinam tu mahesvaram) and in the Gita (Mama maya duratyaya -- The illusion of Mine is hard to pierce -- VII.14). Another interpretation for Kutastha is that which is at the root of everything. He Who is seated in Maya as its witness, as its Lord, is Kutastha.Achalam Immovable, that which is free from change. Therefore the imperishable Brahman is Dhruvam, eternal. (Cf.VIII.21)

Hindi Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Harikrishnadas Goenka

।।12.3।।तो क्या दूसरे युक्ततम नहीं हैं यह बात नहीं? किंतु उनके विषयमें जो कुछ कहना है सो सुन --, परंतु जो पुरुष उस अक्षरकीजो कि अव्यक्त होनेके कारण शब्दका विषय न होनेसे किसी प्रकार भी बतलाया नहीं जा सकता इसलिये अनिर्देश्य है और किसी भी प्रमाणसे प्रत्यक्ष नहीं किया जा सकता इसलिये अव्यक्त है -- सब प्रकारसे उपासना करते हैं। उपास्य वस्तुको शास्त्रोक्त विधिसे बुद्धिका विषय बनाकर उसके समीप पहुँचकर तैलधाराके तुल्य समान वृत्तियोंके प्रवाहसे जो दीर्घकालतक उसमें स्थित रहना है? उसको उपासना कहते हैं -- उस अक्षरके विशेषण बतलाते हैं -- वह आकाशके समान सर्वव्यापक है और अव्यक्त होनेसे अचिन्त्य है क्योंकि जो वस्तु इन्द्रियादि करणोंसे जाननेमें आती है उसीका मनसे भी चिन्तन किया जा सकता है। परंतु अक्षर उससे विपरीत होनेके कारण अचिन्त्य और कूटस्थ है। जो वस्तु ऊपरसे गुणयुक्त प्रतीत होती हो और भीतर दोषोंसे भरी हो उसका नाम कूट है। संसारमें भी कूटरूप कूटसाक्ष्य इत्यादि प्रयोगोंमें कूट शब्द ( इसी अर्थमें ) प्रसिद्ध है। वैसे ही जो अविद्यादि अनेक संसारोंकी बीजभूत अन्तर्दोषोंसे युक्त प्रकृति मायाअव्याकृत आदि शब्दोंद्वारा कही जाती है एवं प्रकृतिको तो माया और महेश्वरको मायापति समझना चाहिये मेरी माया दुस्तर है इत्यादि श्रुतिस्मृतिके वचनोंमें जो माया नामसे प्रसिद्ध है? उसका नाम कूट है। उस कूट ( नामक माया ) में जो उसका अधिष्ठातारूपसे स्थित हो रहा हो उसका नाम कूटस्थ है। अथवा राशि -- ढेरकी भाँति जो ( कुछ भी क्रिया न करता हुआ ) स्थित हो उसका नाम कूटस्थ है। इस प्रकार कूटस्थ होनेके कारण जो अचल है और अचल होनेके कारण ही जो ध्रुव अर्थात् नित्य है ( उस ब्रह्मकी जो लोग उपासना करते हैं )।

English Translation By Swami Adidevananda

12.3 But those who meditate on the Imperishable (i.e., the self) the indefinable, the unmanifest, omnipresent, unthinkable, common to all beings, immovable and constant;

English Translation By Swami Sivananda

12.3 Those who worship the imperishable, the indefinable, the unmanifest, the omnipresent, the unthinkable, the immovable and the eternal.

English Translation By Swami Gambirananda

12.3 Those, however, who meditate in every way on the Immutable, the Indefinable, the Unmanifest, which is all-pervading, incomprehensible, change-less, immovable and constant.-