अविचारो विचारेण निमेषादेव नश्यति । एषा सत्तैव तेनाऽन्तरविद्यैषा न विद्यते ॥ ७१ ॥
avicārō vicārēṇa nimēṣādēva naśyati | ēṣā sattaiva tēnā’ntaravidyaiṣā na vidyatē || 71 ||
Translation
Non-enquiry perishes through enquiry in a blink; then being alone remains, and within, this ignorance is not found.
Word by word
- avicārō
- (avicāraḥ) non-enquiry
- vicārēṇa
- through enquiry
- nimēṣād
- (nimeṣāt) in a blink
- ēva
- just
- naśyati
- perishes
- ēṣā
- this
- sattā
- being
- tēna
- then
- antar
- (antaḥ) within
- avidyā
- ignorance
- na
- not
- vidyatē
- is found
Meaning
Another commentary: non-enquiry, which is ignorance, is destroyed by enquiry in an instant, and when ignorance is sublated by enquiry only the being of Brahman remains; so in its own nature this ignorance is nothing at all. Long practice is needed to ripen in the vision; but the error itself ends in a moment, because it never had any being.