तस्माद्यदीदं सद्दृश्यं तन्न शाम्येत्कदाचन । शाम्येत्तपोजपध्यानैर्दृश्यमित्यज्ञकल्पना ॥ ४१ ॥
tasmādyadīdaṁ saddṛśyaṁ tanna śāmyētkadācana | śāmyēttapōjapadhyānairdṛśyamityajñakalpanā || 41 ||
Translation
Therefore, if this seen is real, it would never be quieted; that the seen can be quieted by austerity, prayer and meditation is the fancy of the ignorant.
Word by word
- tasmād
- therefore
- yadi
- if
- idaṁ
- this
- sat
- real
- dṛśyaṁ
- seen
- tan
- (tat) it
- na
- never
- śāmyēt
- would be quieted
- kadācana
- ever
- tapō
- (tapaḥ) by austerity
- japa
- prayer
- dhyānair
- (dhyānaiḥ) and meditation
- dṛśyam
- the seen
- iti
- that
- ajña
- of the ignorant
- kalpanā
- the fancy
Meaning
The conclusion of what came before. The commentary: if the seen is real it will never cease, and so the idea that austerity, prayer and meditation will remove it is only the imagining of the ignorant. Practices have their place in purifying the mind, as the earlier book taught; what they cannot do is undo something real, and what is unreal is undone only by knowing it.