Samnyasa Upanishads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation c6.s3.t2.2

c6.s3.t2.2

¹² The text is elliptic. The meaning probably is that Prajāpati remained silent. His very silence is the most eloquent instruction on the nature of Brahman. Realizing this, the gods themselves observed silence with reference to the nature of Brahman. Śaṃkara, commenting on VeS 3.2.17, cites a similar saying: "It is also stated in the Veda that when Bādhva was questioned by Bāṣkalin, he explained Brahman by remaining silent: 'He [Bāṣkalin] said: 'Sir, teach me.' He [Bādhva] remained silent. Asked a second and a third time, he said: 'I speak but you do not understand. This self is silence.' " See Sprockhoff 1976, 69–70.