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अपाणिपादोऽहमचिन्त्यशक्तिः पश्याम्यचक्षुः स श‍ृणोम्यकर्णः ।
अहं विजानामि विविक्तरूपो न चास्ति वेत्ता मम चित्सदाऽहम् ॥ २१
apāṇipādo’hamacintyaśaktiḥ paśyāmyacakṣuḥ sa śṛṇomyakarṇaḥ .
ahaṃ vijānāmi viviktarūpo na cāsti vettā mama citsadā’ham .. 21
21. I am without hands and legs, of incomprehensible power. I see without eyes, hear without ears. Devoid of all forms, I am knowing (everything) and there is none that knows Me. I am ever pure Knowledge.

Word Meaning

अपाणिपादः – without hands and legs; अहम् – I; अचिन्त्यशक्तिः – incomprehensible power; पश्यामि – see; अचक्षुः – without eyes; सः – that; शृणोमि – (I) hear; अकर्णः – without ears; अहं – I; विजानामि – know; विविक्तरूपः – devoid of form; न – not; च – and; अस्ति – is; वेत्ता – knower; मम – My; चित् – pure Knowledge; सदा– always; अहम् – I
“Without arms and legs am I, of unthinkable power; I see without eyes, and I hear without ears”.

The Absolute is without form. Being the thinking principle itself the Absolute is beyond thought. being the sense principle itself the Absolute is beyond the senses.

“I know all, and am different from all”

The meaning of the statement “I know all” is that the Absolute is the very Knowledge from which all is projected. It follows that as the Absolute is literally all things then the Absolute is different from all things.

“None can know me. I am always the Intelligence”

Being the intelligence principle itself the Absolute is always beyond being knowable.

This is the description of the Absolute Self. The Absolute is “All This”. The wise and Realised Sages, understanding that the Self is unknowable and unthinkable, they surrender their limited idea of an individual self.

Kaivalya Upanishad – Verse 21 – Kaivalya Upanishad 21 – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Meaning, Audio and Commentary – Kaivalya-21