स चेह संभवत्येव तदर्थमिदमाततम् । शास्त्रमाकर्णयसि चेत्तत्त्वमाप्स्यसि नाऽन्यथा ॥ ४ ॥
sa cēha saṁbhavatyēva tadarthamidamātatam | śāstramākarṇayasi cēttattvamāpsyasi nā’nyathā || 4 ||
Translation
And that awakening is surely possible here; for its sake this teaching has been set out. If you listen to it you will reach the truth, and not otherwise.
Word by word
- sa
- (saḥ) that
- ca
- and
- iha
- here
- saṁbhavati
- is possible
- ēva
- surely
- tat
- that
- artham
- for the sake of
- idam
- this
- ātatam
- has been set out
- śāstram
- teaching
- ākarṇayasi
- you listen to
- cēt
- if
- tattvam
- the truth
- āpsyasi
- you will reach
- na
- not
- anyathā
- otherwise
Meaning
"Here" means in this work: once it is understood, the knowledge of the Self is not out of reach. The commentary asks that it be heard with devotion and faith until the truth is settled. Without the error being corrected there is no knowledge, and the inquiry this work leads is how the error is corrected.