अत्यन्ताभावसम्पत्त्या जगतश्चैतदाप्यते । नाऽन्यथा मद्वरेणाऽऽशु त्वं तु प्राप्स्यसि सुन्दरि ॥ १४ ॥
atyantābhāvasampattyā jagataścaitadāpyatē | nā’nyathā madvarēṇā’’śu tvaṁ tu prāpsyasi sundari || 14 ||
Translation
That is reached through the complete non-existence of the world, not otherwise; but you, lovely one, will reach it quickly by my boon."
Word by word
- atyanta
- complete
- abhāva
- non-existence
- sampattyā
- through
- jagataś
- (jagataḥ) of the world
- ca
- and
- ētad
- (etat) that
- āpyatē
- is reached
- na
- not
- anyathā
- otherwise
- mad
- (mat) my
- varēṇa
- by boon
- āśu
- quickly
- tvaṁ
- you
- tu
- but
- prāpsyasi
- will reach
- sundari
- lovely one
Meaning
The commentary: how is it reached? The truth is reached only by the realisation of the world's utter non-existence; not otherwise, for the Upaniṣad says "there is no other path to go" (Śvetāśvatara 3.8). Yet you will reach it quickly by my boon. A note: when ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the truth, duality does not arise, and that non-arising is the world's utter non-existence. The goddess's grace shortens the way; it does not change it.