यदेवेदमिदं स्फारं जगन्नाम यदुत्थितम् । नैतद् वस्तु न चैवाऽहमिति निर्णीय संस्थितः ॥ ४३ ॥
yadēvēdamidaṁ sphāraṁ jagannāma yadutthitam | naitad vastu na caivā’hamiti nirṇīya saṁsthitaḥ || 43 ||
Translation
"'This vast thing called the world, which has risen up, is not real, and neither am I': having settled this, he stays as he is.
Word by word
- yad
- (yat) which
- ēva
- indeed
- idam
- this
- sphāraṁ
- vast
- jagat
- the world
- nāma
- called
- utthitam
- has risen up
- na
- not
- ētad
- (etat) this
- vastu
- real
- ca
- and
- aham
- I
- iti
- thus
- nirṇīya
- having settled
- saṁsthitaḥ
- he stays
Meaning
The servants report Rāma's conclusion without understanding it: neither the world nor the "I" that sees it is real in the way it seems.