जगद्भानं न भातीदं ब्रह्मणो व्यतिरेकतः । जालसूर्यांशुजालं तु व्यतिरेकानुभूतिदम् ॥ ५ ॥
jagadbhānaṁ na bhātīdaṁ brahmaṇō vyatirēkataḥ | jālasūryāṁśujālaṁ tu vyatirēkānubhūtidam || 5 ||
Translation
This appearing of the world does not appear apart from Brahman; but the net of sunbeams through a lattice gives the experience of being apart.
Word by word
- jagad
- (jagat) of the world
- bhānaṁ
- appearing
- na
- not
- bhāti
- does appear
- idaṁ
- this
- brahmaṇō
- (brahmaṇaḥ) from Brahman
- vyatirēkataḥ
- apart
- jāla
- through a lattice
- sūrya
- sun
- aṁśu
- beams
- jālaṁ
- the net
- tu
- but
- vyatirēka
- of being apart
- anubhūti
- the experience
- dam
- gives
Meaning
The commentary: to bear out the last verse it shows the difference between the world's appearing and the sunlight with its motes. The world does not appear as something apart from Brahman; the shaft of sunlight entering a window, with its motes, does make one feel it as a thing apart. So the example holds in one respect only: the motes are seen against the dark room; the world has no background to be seen against.