नाऽस्त्येव सत्यनुभवे तथा नाऽस्त्येव ब्रह्मणि । कल्पनाव्यतिरिक्तात्मतत्स्वभावादनामयात् ॥ ६६ ॥
nā’styēva satyanubhavē tathā nā’styēva brahmaṇi | kalpanāvyatiriktātmatatsvabhāvādanāmayāt || 66 ||
Translation
are not there at all when the real is experienced, so they are not there at all in Brahman, whose nature is a Self other than imagining, free of all ill.
Word by word
- na
- not
- astya
- (asti) are there
- ēva
- at all
- satya
- the real
- anubhavē
- when is experienced
- tathā
- so
- brahmaṇi
- in Brahman
- kalpanā
- imagining
- vyatirikta
- other than
- ātma
- Self
- tat
- its
- svabhāvād
- (svabhāvāt) whose nature
- anāmayāt
- free of all ill
Meaning
Another commentary: as these are not there when the real thing is experienced, so in one who experiences the Self, whose nature does not change, no imagining is found apart from the Self. The answer to Līlā: imagining never entered Brahman, as the bracelet never entered the gold. There was no room for it because there was no it.