Sat-darshana Bhashya (translation)

Verse 34.

आह स्फुटं तत्त्वमसीति वेद-
स्तथाऽप्यसंप्राप्य परात्मनिष्ठाम् ।
भूयो विचारो मतिदुर्बलत्वं
तत्सर्वदा स्वात्मतया हि भाति ।।

’That Thou art, the scripture asserts clear. Yet missing the poise in supreme Self, Recurring discussion is but weakness of thought. Luminous is That always, as one’s own self.

The truth behind the ego-self is Brahman denoted by the word "That’. That Brahman which is beyond all that you comprehend is the Real Self in you, the Acharya in addressing the disciple, the human soul, appeals to the ego-consciousness to trace its origin to the Brahman which is already there seated in the Heart as the Real Self of the individual. An unregenerate being with a weak understanding, not having the stern courage to give up his pre-occupations and make a bold venture to discern and realise the Truth in the deep and tranquil Self, raises questions and multiplies discussions. The Self is always there, aware of itself, and aware of the play of the ego, but the ego-self spins around itself a world of discussions that screen from it its own deeper truth. The moment it relaxes this effort and falls into silence it feels the presence of the Truth the ’Self’ that is ever luminous. Hence the state of bondage lies in the fact that the ego is not awakened to the presence of an eternal Self which is its own deeper truth. The ceaseless thought-movement forms a cover over the ego-self and hence is an obstruction to true awakening.

The next verse gives encouragement to the apparent Self to find out its original self and calls upon it to dismiss the nightmare of ignorance and realise the truth that what it has to know is already one with it and is not different from it.