बन्धोऽयं दृश्यसद्भावाद्दृश्याभावेन बन्धनम् । न सम्भवति दृश्यं तु यथेदं तच्छृणु क्रमात् ॥ ६ ॥
bandhō’yaṁ dṛśyasadbhāvāddṛśyābhāvēna bandhanam | na sambhavati dṛśyaṁ tu yathēdaṁ tacchṛṇu kramāt || 6 ||
Translation
This bondage comes from the being of the seen; when the seen is not, there is no bondage. Hear from me in order how this seen world cannot be.
Word by word
- bandhō
- (bandhaḥ) bondage
- ayaṁ
- this
- dṛśya
- of the seen; the seen
- sadbhāvād
- from the being
- abhāvēna
- when it is not
- bandhanam
- bondage
- na
- not
- sambhavati
- can be
- tu
- and
- yathā
- how
- idaṁ
- this
- tac
- (tat) that
- śṛṇu
- hear
- kramāt
- in order
Meaning
The commentary meets the objection: I want a way out of the bondage of saṁsāra; what use is a book that proves the seen to be false? The answer: as long as the seen is, so long is this bondage; when the seen ceases, bondage cannot remain. So the whole account of creation serves freedom. It shows how the seen comes about, so that it can be seen not to be.