The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c6.s2.t5.2

c6.s2.t5.2

(p. 78, 6:) “For the eternal Spirit (*purusha*) different from “the agent [the individual soul], which is the object of the “presentation of I, dwelling as witness (*sâkshin*) in all being, “uniform, one, the highest, is not apprehended by anyone from “the Section of Works [of the Veda] or from any book based “on reflexion; he, who is the soul of all. And therefore none “can deny him, or make him an element of the Section of “Works; for he is even the Self (soul) of him who denies “him; and because he is the Self of all, it is therefore im- “possible either to flee from him or to seek him. For every- “thing that passes away, came into existence and passes away “through modification, because it finds its end in the spirit; “but the spirit is imperishable, because there is no cause of “perishableness in it, and because there is no cause of change “in it, therefore is it raised [above change], and eternal, and “for this very reason in its own nature eternal, pure and free “[or: freed].”