जगत्त्वमहमित्यादिर्मिथ्यात्मा दृश्यमुच्यते । यावदेतत्संभवति तावन्मोक्षो न विद्यते ॥ २३ ॥
jagattvamahamityādirmithyātmā dṛśyamucyatē | yāvadētatsaṁbhavati tāvanmōkṣō na vidyatē || 23 ||
Translation
The world, "you", "I" and the rest, false in nature, is called the seen; as long as it exists, liberation is not.
Word by word
- jagat
- the world
- tvam
- "you"
- aham
- "I"
- iti
- thus
- ādir
- (ādiḥ) and the rest
- mithyātmā
- false in nature
- dṛśyam
- the seen
- ucyatē
- is called
- yāvad
- as long as
- ētat
- it
- saṁbhavati
- exists
- tāvan
- (tāvat) so long
- mōkṣō
- (mokṣaḥ) liberation
- na
- not
- vidyatē
- is
Meaning
The commentary: the world named by "you", "I" and the like, which is false, is what is called the seen, and while it remains, there can be no freedom. The list puts "I" among the seen. The ego is not the seer; it is one more thing seen.