सर्व एव जगद्भावा अविचारेण चारवः । अविद्यमानसद्भावा विचारविशरारवः ॥ २६ ॥
sarva ēva jagadbhāvā avicārēṇa cāravaḥ | avidyamānasadbhāvā vicāraviśarāravaḥ || 26 ||
Translation
All the things of the world are fair through non-inquiry. Having no real being, they fall apart at inquiry.
Word by word
- sarva
- all
- ēva
- indeed
- jagad
- of the world
- bhāvā
- (bhāvāḥ) the things
- avicārēṇa
- through non-inquiry
- cāravaḥ
- fair
- avidyamāna
- having no
- sadbhāvā
- (sadbhāvāḥ) real being
- vicāra
- at inquiry
- viśarāravaḥ
- fall apart
Meaning
The commentary: without inquiry they please, and seem as true as anything true. They have no existence in reality, and so at inquiry they crumble like a clod of earth struck with a stone. The verse does not say that things vanish from sight. It says that the reality and the charm lent to them by not looking do not survive a look.