शान्ताशेषविशेषं हि चित्प्रकाशच्छटा जगत् । कार्यकारणकादित्वं तस्मादन्यन्न विद्यते ॥ ५९ ॥
śāntāśēṣaviśēṣaṁ hi citprakāśacchaṭā jagat | kāryakāraṇakāditvaṁ tasmādanyanna vidyatē || 59 ||
Translation
The world, all distinctions stilled, is a ray of the light of awareness; there is nothing besides it, such as being cause and effect.
Word by word
- śānta
- stilled
- aśēṣa
- all
- viśēṣaṁ
- distinctions
- hi
- indeed
- cit
- of awareness
- prakāśa
- of the light
- chaṭā
- a ray
- jagat
- the world
- kārya
- effect
- kāraṇaka
- cause
- āditvaṁ
- and such
- tasmād
- (tasmāt) besides it
- anyan
- (anyat) other
- na
- not
- vidyatē
- there is
Meaning
The commentary sums up after refuting the difference of world and jīva: since the world, whose nature is the trifling relation of cause and effect, is nothing besides awareness, it is only a ray of awareness's light, with no being or shining of its own; so it is the inner Self.