योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 138
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं तथा ज्ञाता त्रितयं भाति मायया । विचार्यमाणे त्रितये आत्मैवैकोऽवशिष्यते ॥ १३८ ॥
jñānaṁ jñēyaṁ tathā jñātā tritayaṁ bhāti māyayā | vicāryamāṇē tritayē ātmaivaikō’vaśiṣyatē || 138 ||
Translation
Knowledge, the known and the knower: this threesome appears by māyā. When the three are examined, the Ātman alone is left, one.
Word by word
- jñānaṁ
- knowledge
- jñēyaṁ
- the known
- tathā
- and
- jñātā
- the knower
- tritayaṁ
- the threesome
- bhāti
- appears
- māyayā
- by māyā
- vicāryamāṇē
- when examined
- tritayē
- the three
- ātmā
- the Ātman
- ēva
- (eva) alone
- ēkō
- (ekaḥ) one
- avaśiṣyatē
- is left
Meaning
The triad (tripuṭī) is the structure of all ordinary knowing. Its collapse under examination is the method: look for each of the three and only one thing remains.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 133.