स्वविवेकवशादेव विचार्येदं पुनः पुनः । इन्द्रजालं परित्याज्यं सबाह्याभ्यन्तरं बलात् ॥ २७ ॥
svavivēkavaśādēva vicāryēdaṁ punaḥ punaḥ | indrajālaṁ parityājyaṁ sabāhyābhyantaraṁ balāt || 27 ||
Translation
By the power of your own discernment alone, considering this again and again, abandon by force this magic show, outside and inside together.
Word by word
- sva
- your own
- vivēka
- discernment
- vaśād
- (vaśāt) by the power
- ēva
- alone
- vicārya
- considering
- idaṁ
- this
- punaḥ
- again and again
- indrajālaṁ
- magic show
- parityājyaṁ
- is to be abandoned
- sa
- with
- bāhya
- outside
- abhyantaraṁ
- and inside
- balāt
- by force
Meaning
Indra-jāla, Indra's net, is the conjurer's show. Sa-bāhya-ābhyantaram, with outside and inside. The commentary is exact about the inside: body, senses, vital breath, mind, intellect and ignorance, to be given up together with the outer world. So what is to be let go includes much of what we ordinarily call ourselves. Punaḥ punaḥ, again and again: one seeing is not enough, since the show keeps running and the eye keeps being caught. And balāt, by force, tells the reader that this is work and will be felt as such.