जगद्भ्रमोऽयं दृश्योऽपि नास्त्येवेत्यनुभूयते । वर्णो व्योम्नि इवाऽखेदाद्विचारेणाऽमुनाऽनघ ॥ ५ ॥
jagadbhramō’yaṁ dṛśyō’pi nāstyēvētyanubhūyatē | varṇō vyōmni ivā’khēdādvicārēṇā’munā’nagha || 5 ||
Translation
Through this inquiry, sinless one, this illusion of the world, though it is seen, is known without effort not to exist at all, like colour in the sky.
Word by word
- jagad
- (jagat) of the world
- bhramō
- (bhramaḥ) illusion
- ayaṁ
- this
- dṛśyō
- (dṛśyaḥ) seen
- api
- though
- na
- not
- asti
- exists
- ēva
- at all
- iti
- so
- anubhūyatē
- is known
- varṇō
- (varṇaḥ) colour
- vyōmni
- in the sky
- iva
- like
- akhēdād
- (akhedāt) without effort
- vicārēṇa
- through inquiry
- amunā
- this
- anagha
- sinless one
Meaning
At first glance the world seems as real as the blue of the sky. Under the inquiry this work teaches, its unreality becomes plain, and plain without strain: nothing has to be pulled down, because nothing was there to pull down. The world is not destroyed; it is seen through, as one who understands the sky still sees blue but no longer takes the colour for a thing.