संसारश्चाऽयमाभोगी परमेवेति निश्चयः । कारणाभावतो भाति यदिहाऽभातमेव तत् ॥ १५ ॥
saṁsāraścā’yamābhōgī paramēvēti niścayaḥ | kāraṇābhāvatō bhāti yadihā’bhātamēva tat || 15 ||
Translation
And this vast round of becoming is the Supreme itself: such is the certainty. Since it has no cause, what shines here is as if it had never shone.
Word by word
- saṁsāraś
- (saṃsāraḥ) round of becoming
- ca
- and
- ayam
- this
- ābhōgī
- vast
- param
- the Supreme
- ēva
- itself
- iti
- such
- niścayaḥ
- the certainty
- kāraṇa
- cause
- abhāvatō
- (abhāvataḥ) since it has no
- bhāti
- shines
- yad
- what
- iha
- here
- abhātam
- never shone
- tat
- that
Meaning
The commentary: this vast world is the Supreme Brahman itself; that is the settled knowledge. Once ignorance is sublated, if the world still shows, it shows as Brahman, and there is no fear that it will cover the truth again. Another commentary: what shows after ignorance is gone is as good as not showing. The world need not vanish for the knower; it no longer has the cause that made it a world apart.