यैर्यैः काकुत्स्थ दृष्टान्तैस्त्वं मयेहाऽवबोध्यसे । सर्वे सकारणास्ते हि प्राप्यन्तु सदकारणम् ॥ ५२ ॥
yairyaiḥ kākutstha dṛṣṭāntaistvaṁ mayēhā’vabōdhyasē | sarvē sakāraṇāstē hi prāpyantu sadakāraṇam || 52 ||
Translation
The illustrations, Kākutstha, by which I teach you here, all have causes; through them is to be reached the Real, which has no cause.
Word by word
- yair
- (yaiḥ) by which
- yaiḥ
- by which
- kākutstha
- Kākutstha
- dṛṣṭāntais
- (dṛṣṭāntaiḥ) the illustrations
- tvaṁ
- you
- mayā
- I
- iha
- here
- avabōdhyasē
- teach
- sarvē
- all
- sakāraṇās
- (sakāraṇāḥ) have causes
- tē
- they
- hi
- indeed
- prāpyantu
- to be reached
- sat
- the Real
- akāraṇam
- which has no cause
Meaning
The commentary: the illustrations are all things that are born, and so unreal; what is to be known is the real truth, without cause and eternal. Clay and gold, which have causes, are used to point to Brahman, which has none. The ways in which an example is born and unreal are to be left behind.