तस्मादस्ति जगद्दृश्यं तत्प्रमृष्टमिदं मया । त्यक्तं तपोध्यानजपैरिति काञ्जिकतृप्तिवत् ॥ २८ ॥
tasmādasti jagaddṛśyaṁ tatpramṛṣṭamidaṁ mayā | tyaktaṁ tapōdhyānajapairiti kāñjikatṛptivat || 28 ||
Translation
So the seen world exists; to say "I have wiped it out, I have left it by austerity, meditation and prayer" is like being satisfied with sour gruel.
Word by word
- tasmād
- so
- asti
- exists
- jagad
- the world
- dṛśyaṁ
- seen
- tat
- it
- pramṛṣṭam
- wiped out
- idaṁ
- this
- mayā
- by me
- tyaktaṁ
- left
- tapō
- (tapaḥ) by austerity
- dhyāna
- meditation
- japair
- (japaiḥ) and prayer
- iti
- thus
- kāñjika
- with sour gruel
- tṛpti
- being satisfied
- vat
- like
Meaning
The commentary sums up: to say "I have wiped out the world where it was, and left it by going elsewhere, or by austerity, meditation and prayer" is like thinking oneself fed on the sour water of stale rice. The other commentary compares it to the satisfaction of liquor. Something is felt, but nothing has been gained.