यावदभ्यासयोगेन न शान्ता भेदधीस्तव । नूनं तावदतद्रूपा न ब्रह्म परिपश्यसि ॥ ३८ ॥
yāvadabhyāsayōgēna na śāntā bhēdadhīstava | nūnaṁ tāvadatadrūpā na brahma paripaśyasi || 38 ||
Translation
As long as your sense of difference is not stilled by the discipline of practice, so long, being other than that, you surely do not see Brahman.
Word by word
- yāvad
- (yāvat) as long as
- abhyāsa
- of practice
- yōgēna
- by the discipline
- na
- not
- śāntā
- stilled
- bhēda
- of difference
- dhīs
- (dhīḥ) sense
- tava
- your
- nūnaṁ
- surely
- tāvad
- (tāvat) so long
- atadrūpā
- being other than that
- brahma
- Brahman
- paripaśyasi
- you see
Meaning
Another commentary: until your sense of difference is stilled by steady practice, the idea that you are the body keeps you from seeing Brahman. Understanding has been given; the goddess now says plainly that it does not finish the work. The habit of difference is undone only by practice.