दृष्टान्तस्यांऽशमात्रेण बोध्यबोधोदये सति । उपादेयतया ग्राह्यो महावाक्यार्थनिश्चयः ॥ ६७ ॥
dṛṣṭāntasyāṁ’śamātrēṇa bōdhyabōdhōdayē sati | upādēyatayā grāhyō mahāvākyārthaniścayaḥ || 67 ||
Translation
When understanding of what is to be known arises through only part of the illustration, the settled meaning of the great saying is to be taken as what is to be grasped.
Word by word
- dṛṣṭāntasya
- of the illustration
- aṁśa
- part
- mātrēṇa
- through only
- bōdhya
- of what is to be known
- bōdha
- understanding
- udayē
- arises
- sati
- when
- upādēyatayā
- as what is to be grasped
- grāhyō
- (grāhyaḥ) is to be taken
- mahāvākya
- of the great saying
- artha
- the meaning
- niścayaḥ
- the settled
Meaning
The commentary: once the world is seen as unreal through the dream example, and the meaning is clarified, the meaning of the great saying 'I am Brahman', the subject of all the śrutis, is to be grasped, for it ends ignorance with all its effects. The illustrations are a ladder to this.