समं सुखं निराबाधमनन्तमनपाश्रयम् । विद्धीमं केवलीभावं विचारोच्चतरोः फलम् ॥ २८ ॥
samaṁ sukhaṁ nirābādhamanantamanapāśrayam | viddhīmaṁ kēvalībhāvaṁ vicārōccatarōḥ phalam || 28 ||
Translation
Know this aloneness, even, happy, unhindered, endless and leaning on nothing, to be the fruit of the tall tree of inquiry.
Word by word
- samaṁ
- even
- sukhaṁ
- happy
- nirābādham
- unhindered
- anantam
- endless
- anapāśrayam
- leaning on nothing
- viddhi
- know
- imaṁ
- this
- kēvalībhāvaṁ
- aloneness
- vicāra
- of inquiry
- ucca
- tall
- tarōḥ
- of the tree
- phalam
- to be the fruit
Meaning
The commentary marks the step: the fruit of inquiry is not only the end of fear but the gaining of a bliss beyond which there is none. Kevalībhāva, aloneness, is kaivalya, the state of Brahman alone. Each word removes a limit. It is even, untouched by the unevenness of the world; unhindered, since nothing can cancel it; endless; and anapāśraya, not resting on anything else, so it cannot be withdrawn. Every happiness that depends on something can be lost with it. This one cannot.