चिद्रूपानुदयादेव तत्र नाऽस्त्येव जीवता । न बुद्धिता चित्तता वा नेन्द्रियत्वं न वासना ॥ ३५ ॥
cidrūpānudayādēva tatra nā’styēva jīvatā | na buddhitā cittatā vā nēndriyatvaṁ na vāsanā || 35 ||
Translation
Because awareness does not arise there, there is no being a jīva there at all; no being an intellect, no being a mind, no being the senses, no tendency.
Word by word
- cid
- of awareness
- rūpa
- the form
- anudayād
- (anudayāt) because (it) does not arise
- ēva
- at all
- tatra
- there
- na
- not
- asti
- there is
- jīvatā
- being a jīva
- buddhitā
- being an intellect
- cittatā
- being a mind
- vā
- or
- indriyatvaṁ
- being the senses
- vāsanā
- tendency
Meaning
The commentary: because the form of awareness does not arise there, there is no jīvahood at all, and for the same reason no intellect, no mind, no senses and no tendency; this disposes of the doubts "how is it not the principle of intellect, how is it not mind" (v. 3). The last of Rāma's questions has now been answered. Each inner instrument is a way of being aware of something; where there is no "something", none of them has anything to do or any place to be.