न च तर्कभरक्षोदैर्न तीर्थनियमादिभिः । सतो दृश्यस्य जगतो यस्मादेति विचारकाः ॥ २५ ॥
na ca tarkabharakṣōdairna tīrthaniyamādibhiḥ | satō dṛśyasya jagatō yasmādēti vicārakāḥ || 25 ||
Translation
Nor, you who inquire, by heaps of arguments, nor by pilgrimages, observances and the like, does it go away, if the seen world is real.
Word by word
- na
- not
- ca
- nor
- tarka
- of arguments
- bhara
- by heaps
- kṣōdair
- (kṣodaiḥ) by pounding
- tīrtha
- by pilgrimages
- niyama
- observances
- ādibhiḥ
- and the like
- satō
- (sataḥ) if real
- dṛśyasya
- seen
- jagatō
- (jagataḥ) world
- yasmād
- from which
- ēti
- it goes away
- iti
- thus
- vicārakāḥ
- you who inquire
Meaning
The commentary: you who think, even with hundreds of arguments, pilgrimages and observances the sickness of the seen does not leave while the seen world stands; more seen is only added. The other commentary draws the lesson: the seen is not removed by ignoring it, but by inquiry. Neither argument nor ritual reaches the root, because both take the seen as real while they fight it.