Verse 2.603

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

दुर्बलत्वादविद्याया आत्मत्वाद्बोधरूपिणः ।
शब्दशक्तेरचिन्त्यत्वाद्विद्मस्तं मोहहानतः ॥ ६०३ ॥

durbalatvādavidyāyā ātmatvādbodharūpiṇaḥ |
śabdaśakteracintyatvādvidmastaṃ mohahānataḥ || 603 ||

English translation of verse 2.603:

Since avidyā is not strong, since knowledge constitutes the essential nature of the Self, and since the power of the word is inconceivable, we know Brahman through the destruction of ignorance.

Notes:

Since Brahman is of the nature of knowledge, avidyā can hardly exist in it. In other words, its hold on Brahman is not strong. Further, the power of śabda is, indeed, inconceivable, as seen in the case of spell-chants used for curing bites of poisonous animals. Though śabda cannot directly designate Brahman, it nevertheless gives rise to the knowledge of Brahman as soon as it is uttered and thereby removes avidyā (viṣamantrādiṣu dṛṣṭatvādeva śabda-sāmarthyasyācintyatvādātmano viṣayīkaraṇamantareṇa tadākāra-jñānodaya-mātreṇa tatrāvidyāṃ śabdo nivartayati).