सर्गादावेव नोत्पन्नं दृश्यं नाऽस्त्येव तत्सदा । इदं जगदहं चेति बोधाभ्यास उदाहृतः ॥ २८ ॥
sargādāvēva nōtpannaṁ dṛśyaṁ nā’styēva tatsadā | idaṁ jagadahaṁ cēti bōdhābhyāsa udāhṛtaḥ || 28 ||
Translation
"The seen never arose at the beginning of creation; it never is at all; this world and I": this is called the practice of knowing.
Word by word
- sarga
- of creation
- ādāv
- (ādau) at the beginning
- ēva
- at all
- na
- never
- utpannaṁ
- arose
- dṛśyaṁ
- the seen
- astya
- (asti) is
- tat
- it
- sadā
- ever
- idaṁ
- this
- jagad
- (jagat) world
- ahaṁ
- I
- ca
- and
- iti
- thus
- bōdha
- of knowing
- abhyāsa
- (abhyāsaḥ) the practice
- udāhṛtaḥ
- is called
Meaning
Another commentary: the knowing that it did not arise at the beginning of creation, and that this world and we will not be ever-present, is called practice. The words in quotation are the content of the practice: it is to hold, again and again, that neither the world nor the I that sees it has ever come to be.