On Advaita Vedanta: The one who transcends death knows the world and the self

The following excerpt is from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

अन्धं तमः प्रविशन्ति येऽविद्यामुपासते ।
ततो भूय इव ते तमो य उ विद्यायां रताः ॥

andhaṁ tamaḥ praviśanti ye’vidyāmupāsate
tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u vidyāyāṁ ratāḥ

They enter into a blinding darkness who worship avidyā; into still greater darkness, as it were, do they enter who delight in vidyā.

~ Ishavasya Upanishad, Verse 9

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अन्यदेवाहुर्विद्ययाऽन्यदाहुरविद्यया ।
इति शुश्रुम धीराणां ये नस्तद्विचचक्षिरे ॥

anyadevāhurvidyayā’nyadāhuravidyayā
iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṁ ye nastadvicacakṣire

Different indeed, they say, is the result attained by vidyā; and different indeed, they say, is the result attained by avidyā. Thus we have heard from the wise who…