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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.14.27

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
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Verses
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 14 · Verse 27

Verse 27

सर्वानणुतया त्वस्य न क्वचिद् भेदकल्पना । विद्यते या हि कलना सा तदेवाऽनुभूतितः ॥ २७ ॥

sarvānaṇutayā tvasya na kvacid bhēdakalpanā | vidyatē yā hi kalanā sā tadēvā’nubhūtitaḥ || 27 ||

Translation

Because it is in no way atomic, there is nowhere any imagining of difference in it; and whatever notion there is, that is it, through experience.

Word by word

sarva
in no way
anaṇutayā
because it is not atomic
tu
and
asya
in it
na
not
kvacid
(kvacit) anywhere
bhēda
of difference
kalpanā
imagining
vidyatē
there is
yā
whatever
hi
indeed
kalanā
notion
sā
that
tad
(tat) it
ēva
is
anubhūtitaḥ
through experience

Meaning

The commentary: Brahman is unlimited in every way, by place, time and measure; so no imagining of difference touches it, and whatever imagining there is, is Brahman alone, through experience. Another commentary: whatever is, is only its experience. Even the notion of difference is an experience, and every experience is awareness.