जीवशब्दार्थकलनाः समस्तकलनान्विताः । नेह काश्चन सन्तीति निश्चयोऽस्तु तवाऽचलः ॥ २० ॥
jīvaśabdārthakalanāḥ samastakalanānvitāḥ | nēha kāścana santīti niścayō’stu tavā’calaḥ || 20 ||
Translation
Let your conviction be unshaken: there are here no notions of the meaning of the word "jīva", with all their notions.
Word by word
- jīva
- jīva
- śabda
- of the word
- artha
- of the meaning
- kalanāḥ
- notions
- samasta
- all their
- kalanā
- with notions
- anvitāḥ
- joined
- na
- no
- iha
- here
- kāścana
- any
- santi
- there are
- iti
- thus
- niścayō
- (niścayaḥ) conviction
- astu
- let be
- tava
- your
- acalaḥ
- unshaken
Meaning
The commentary: O Rāma, in the Self of awareness there is no image of a jīva joined with all the appearances of the seen; be firmly sure of that. Another commentary: no notion of the meaning of the word jīva, with all its notions, is in this Self. "Here", iha, is in the highest truth.