वेद्यवेदनवेतृत्वरूपत्रयमिदं पुरः । यत्रोदेत्यस्तमायाति तत्तत् परमदुर्लभम् ॥ ५० ॥
vēdyavēdanavētṛtvarūpatrayamidaṁ puraḥ | yatrōdētyastamāyāti tattat paramadurlabham || 50 ||
Translation
This triad set before us, the knowable, knowing and the knower: That in which it rises and in which it sets, that is it, supremely hard to reach.
Word by word
- vēdya
- the knowable
- vēdana
- knowing
- vētṛtva
- and the knower
- rūpa
- forms
- trayam
- triad
- idaṁ
- this
- puraḥ
- set before us
- yatra
- in which
- udēti
- rises
- astam
- setting
- āyāti
- comes to
- tat
- that
- parama
- supremely
- durlabham
- hard to reach
Meaning
The eleventh pointer. The commentary: the form that is being, awareness and bliss, the cause of the birth and the rest of the triad (tripuṭī), is That: the expanse before us, made of the three forms of knowable, knowing and knower, comes forth from it, stays in it and dissolves in it, and that is its supreme form, hard to reach. It is hard to reach not because it is far, but because whatever reaches for it is one of the three.