तस्माद् भ्रान्तिमयः कः स्यात्को वा भ्रान्त्युज्झितो भवेत् । सर्गो निरर्गलानर्थबोधान्नाऽन्यो विजृम्भते ॥ ५ ॥
tasmād bhrāntimayaḥ kaḥ syātkō vā bhrāntyujjhitō bhavēt | sargō nirargalānarthabōdhānnā’nyō vijṛmbhatē || 5 ||
Translation
So which would be made of error, and which free of error? No creation unfolds other than from unbarred, harmful knowing.
Word by word
- tasmād
- (tasmāt) so
- bhrānti
- of error
- mayaḥ
- made
- kaḥ
- which
- syāt
- would be
- kō
- (kaḥ) which
- vā
- and
- ujjhitō
- (ujjhitaḥ) free
- bhavēt
- would be
- sargō
- (sargaḥ) creation
- nirargala
- unbarred
- anartha
- harmful
- bōdhāt
- from knowing
- na
- no
- anyō
- (anyaḥ) other
- vijṛmbhatē
- unfolds
Meaning
The commentary: all creations are equal in being error; so which should be called erroneous and which free of error? It is only false knowledge, the root of harm, and nothing else. Līlā asked in 3.18 which world was the real one; the answer is: neither is more real than the other.