भावाभावग्रहोत्सर्गस्थूलसूक्ष्मचलाचलाः । दृशस्त्वां वेधयिष्यन्ति न महाद्रिमिवेषवः ॥ ३१ ॥
bhāvābhāvagrahōtsargasthūlasūkṣmacalācalāḥ | dṛśastvāṁ vēdhayiṣyanti na mahādrimivēṣavaḥ || 31 ||
Translation
Being and non-being, taking up and letting go, the gross and the subtle, the moving and the unmoving: these sights will not pierce you, as arrows do not pierce a great mountain.
Word by word
- bhāva
- being
- abhāva
- non-being
- graha
- taking up
- utsarga
- letting go
- sthūla
- the gross
- sūkṣma
- the subtle
- cala
- the moving
- acalāḥ
- the unmoving
- dṛśas
- (dṛśaḥ) sights
- tvāṁ
- you
- vēdhayiṣyanti
- will pierce
- na
- not
- mahā
- great
- adrim
- a mountain
- iva
- as
- iṣavaḥ
- arrows
Meaning
The commentary: the views of things, gross, subtle and the rest, moving and still in your dealings, those taken up while there is a purpose and let go when there is none, will not afflict you, as arrows cannot pierce a mountain. Another commentary: views of being, non-being, taking and leaving, gross, subtle and the rest, in moving and unmoving dealings, will not pierce you, for there will be no attachment and the like. Experience will go on arriving; what changes is that it will no longer wound. Arrows strike a mountain and fall.