सहकारिकारणानामभावे कार्यकारणम् । एकमेतदतो नाऽन्यः परस्मात् सर्गविभ्रमः ॥ १३ ॥
sahakārikāraṇānāmabhāvē kāryakāraṇam | ēkamētadatō nā’nyaḥ parasmāt sargavibhramaḥ || 13 ||
Translation
Where there are no helping causes, effect and cause are one; therefore the delusion of creation is not other than the Supreme.
Word by word
- sahakāri
- helping
- kāraṇānām
- causes
- abhāvē
- where there are no
- kārya
- effect
- kāraṇam
- and cause
- ēkam
- one
- ētad
- (etat) this
- atō
- (ataḥ) therefore
- na
- not
- anyaḥ
- other
- parasmāt
- than the Supreme
- sarga
- of creation
- vibhramaḥ
- the delusion
Meaning
The commentary: where there are no helping causes, effect and cause are one and the same; so this play of creation is not separate from the Supreme Self. Another commentary agrees. The principle is short: without a second factor, nothing can make an effect differ from its cause.