भ्रमादस्माच्चिदाकाशे भ्रमोऽयं प्रतिबिम्बितः । असत्य एव वा सत्यो भवतोर्भवभङ्गदः ॥ ४ ॥
bhramādasmāccidākāśē bhramō’yaṁ pratibimbitaḥ | asatya ēva vā satyō bhavatōrbhavabhaṅgadaḥ || 4 ||
Translation
From that error this error is reflected in the space of awareness; unreal, or real, it is what breaks the world of becoming for you two.
Word by word
- bhramād
- (bhramāt) from error
- asmāc
- (asmāt) that
- cid
- (cit) of awareness
- ākāśē
- in the space
- bhramō
- (bhramaḥ) error
- ayaṁ
- this
- pratibimbitaḥ
- is reflected
- asatya
- unreal
- ēva
- just
- vā
- or
- satyō
- (satyaḥ) real
- bhavatōr
- (bhavatoḥ) for you two
- bhava
- of becoming
- bhaṅgadaḥ
- what breaks
Meaning
The commentary: each later error has an earlier error as its cause. This erroneous creation, reflected in the space of awareness from that former error, is unreal in its own form, or real from the standpoint of its ground; but it is what will end the round of becoming for you two, for seeing it truly is release.