अत्यन्ताभावमस्यास्त्वं जगत्सर्गभ्रमस्थितेः । बुद्ध्वैकध्याननिष्ठात्मा व्यवहारं करिष्यसि ॥ ३० ॥
atyantābhāvamasyāstvaṁ jagatsargabhramasthitēḥ | buddhvaikadhyānaniṣṭhātmā vyavahāraṁ kariṣyasi || 30 ||
Translation
Having known the utter non-existence of this, of the standing of the world's creation as a delusion, you will act in the world with yourself fixed in contemplation of the one.
Word by word
- atyanta
- utter
- abhāvam
- non-existence
- asyās
- (asyāḥ) of this
- tvaṁ
- you
- jagat
- of the world
- sarga
- of creation
- bhrama
- as a delusion
- sthitēḥ
- of the standing
- buddhvā
- having known
- ēka
- of the one
- dhyāna
- in contemplation
- niṣṭha
- fixed
- ātmā
- with yourself
- vyavahāraṁ
- in the world (dealings)
- kariṣyasi
- you will act
Meaning
The commentary introduces the verse: this will remove Rāma's second doubt too, and once it is removed he will have peace, and his dealings in the world will also be accomplished. Knowing the utter absence of the world's being that appears to you through delusion, you will act in the world while absorbed in contemplation of the one undivided Brahman. Another commentary: knowing the utter absence of the state of delusion that is the world's creation, you will be established in contemplation of the one Self, and will also act in the world. This is the jīvanmukta's life as the Yoga Vāsiṣṭha draws it: not withdrawal from action, but action with the mind resting in the one.