यदा तेऽयमहंभावः स्वभ्यासाच्छान्तिमेष्यति । तदोदेष्यति ते स्फारा दृश्यान्ता बोधता स्वयम् ॥ ११ ॥
yadā tē’yamahaṁbhāvaḥ svabhyāsācchāntimēṣyati | tadōdēṣyati tē sphārā dṛśyāntā bōdhatā svayam || 11 ||
Translation
When through good practice this sense of I in you is stilled, then the vast knowing that is the end of the seen will rise in you of itself.
Word by word
- yadā
- when
- tē
- in you
- ayam
- this
- ahaṁbhāvaḥ
- sense of I
- svabhyāsāc
- (svabhyāsāt) through good practice
- śāntim
- stilled
- ēṣyati
- is
- tadā
- then
- udēṣyati
- will rise
- sphārā
- vast
- dṛśya
- of the seen
- antā
- that is the end
- bōdhatā
- knowing
- svayam
- of itself
Meaning
The commentary: when by much practice your sense of I is stilled, then your natural form as awareness, which is the furthest limit of the whole seen, will dawn. Knowing is not produced by the practice; the practice removes the I, and knowing, which was always one's nature, shows "of itself".