एवं सति निराकारे ब्रह्मण्याकारवान् कथम् । दृष्टान्त इति नोद्यन्ति मूर्खवैकल्पिकोक्तयः ॥ ५६ ॥
ēvaṁ sati nirākārē brahmaṇyākāravān katham | dṛṣṭānta iti nōdyanti mūrkhavaikalpikōktayaḥ || 56 ||
Translation
This being so, the fools' quibbles, 'How can there be an illustration with form for Brahman without form?', do not arise.
Word by word
- ēvaṁ
- this
- sati
- being so
- nirākārē
- without form
- brahmaṇi
- for Brahman
- ākāravān
- with form
- katham
- how
- dṛṣṭānta
- (dṛṣṭāntaḥ) an illustration
- iti
- thus
- na
- not
- udyanti
- arise
- mūrkha
- of fools
- vaikalpika
- the quibbling
- uktayaḥ
- words
Meaning
The commentary names the quibbles: is Brahman with a second or without? If with, the doctrine is lost; if without, teacher and scripture are gone and knowledge cannot arise. Once it is clear that illustrations work only in part and belong to the world of appearance, such objections have no ground to stand on.