यथाभूतमिदं दृष्ट्वा संसारं तन्मयीं धियम् । परित्यज्य परं यान्ति निरालाना गजा इव ॥ ३४ ॥
yathābhūtamidaṁ dṛṣṭvā saṁsāraṁ tanmayīṁ dhiyam | parityajya paraṁ yānti nirālānā gajā iva || 34 ||
Translation
Seeing this saṁsāra as it really is, and giving up the mind that is made of it, they go to the supreme, like elephants freed from the tethering post.
Word by word
- yathābhūtam
- as it really is
- idaṁ
- this
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- saṁsāraṁ
- saṁsāra
- tanmayīṁ
- made of it
- dhiyam
- the mind
- parityajya
- giving up
- paraṁ
- to the supreme
- yānti
- they go
- nirālānā
- (nirālānāḥ) freed from the tethering post
- gajā
- (gajāḥ) elephants
- iva
- like
Meaning
Yathābhūtam, as it has come to be, as it is. The commentary glosses the seeing: this world is without substance and is of the nature of sorrow. The next phrase is exact: what is given up is tanmayī dhīḥ, a mind made of it, more than saṁsāra as such. The bondage is in identification. An elephant loosed from its post needs nothing further done for it. It walks.