उपमानोपमेयानां कार्यकारणतोदिता । वर्जयित्वा परं ब्रह्म सर्वेषामेव विद्यते ॥ ५३ ॥
upamānōpamēyānāṁ kāryakāraṇatōditā | varjayitvā paraṁ brahma sarvēṣāmēva vidyatē || 53 ||
Translation
The relation of cause and effect between the thing compared and what it is compared with holds for all of them, leaving aside only the supreme Brahman.
Word by word
- upamāna
- between what it is compared with
- upamēyānāṁ
- and the thing compared
- kārya
- of effect
- kāraṇatā
- the relation of cause
- uditā
- holds
- varjayitvā
- leaving aside
- paraṁ
- the supreme
- brahma
- Brahman
- sarvēṣām
- for all
- ēva
- indeed
- vidyatē
- is
Meaning
The commentary: apart from the one supreme Brahman, all things compared and compared to share causality and the like. As it is said that knowledge which grasps an object arises from inquiry, it must not be said that Brahman arises from knowledge, because Brahman has no origin.