अकारणे कारणता यद्बोधायोपमीयते । न तत्र सर्वसाधर्म्यं सम्भवत्युपमाश्रमैः ॥ ६३ ॥
akāraṇē kāraṇatā yadbōdhāyōpamīyatē | na tatra sarvasādharmyaṁ sambhavatyupamāśramaiḥ || 63 ||
Translation
When causality is ascribed by comparison to what has no cause, for the sake of understanding, likeness in every respect is not possible there, whatever pains the comparison takes.
Word by word
- akāraṇē
- to what has no cause
- kāraṇatā
- causality
- yad
- when
- bōdhāya
- for the sake of understanding
- upamīyatē
- is ascribed by comparison
- na
- not
- tatra
- there
- sarva
- in every respect
- sādharmyaṁ
- likeness
- sambhavati
- is possible
- upamā
- the comparison
- āśramaiḥ
- whatever pains
Meaning
The commentary: when the changing gold of earrings is used as an example for Brahman, which does not change, likeness in every part cannot be had. It quotes the Upaniṣad: this Brahman is without before or after, without inside or outside; one only, without a second. Brahman is the cause of nothing in the way gold is the cause of an earring.