एवंविधा हि वृत्तय आत्मतत्त्वाऽवलोकनाल्लभ्यन्ते नाऽन्यथा ॥ ९ ॥
ēvaṁvidhā hi vṛttaya ātmatattvā’valōkanāllabhyantē nā’nyathā || 9 ||
Translation
Such states are gained only from seeing the reality of the Self, and in no other way.
Word by word
- ēvaṁvidhā
- (evaṁvidhāḥ) such
- hi
- indeed
- vṛttaya
- (vṛttayaḥ) states
- ātma
- of the Self
- tattva
- the reality
- avalōkanāt
- from seeing
- labhyantē
- are gained
- na
- not
- anyathā
- in any other way
Meaning
A brief prose sentence, closing the description. All that was just said is not available through conduct or training, however fine. Nāṇyathā, not otherwise. One may imitate calm and generosity, and this is good practice. But the ease described here comes of something seen, so it cannot be reached by acting as if one had seen it.