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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.26.55

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 26 · Verse 55

Verse 55

दृश्यमादावनुत्पन्नं यच्च भात्यजमेव तत् । सम्यग्ज्ञानवतामेवं रागद्वेषदृशौ कुतः ॥ ५५ ॥

dṛśyamādāvanutpannaṁ yacca bhātyajamēva tat | samyagjñānavatāmēvaṁ rāgadvēṣadṛśau kutaḥ || 55 ||

Translation

The seen never arose at the beginning, and what shines is the unborn itself: so, for those with right knowledge, whence the views of passion and hatred?

Word by word

dṛśyam
the seen
ādāv
(ādau) at the beginning
anutpannaṁ
never arose
yac
(yat) what
ca
and
bhātya
(bhāti) shines
ajam
the unborn
ēva
itself
tat
that
samyag
(samyak) right
jñānavatām
for those with knowledge
ēvaṁ
so
rāga
of passion
dvēṣa
and hatred
dṛśau
the views
kutaḥ
whence

Meaning

Attachment, the love that would have made Līlā show herself as mother, is one of the views that cannot arise in right knowledge.