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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.27.6

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
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Sargas
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 27 · Verse 6

श्रीसरस्वत्युवाच ज्ञेयं ज्ञातमशेषेण दृष्टादृष्टार्थसंविदः । ईदृशीयं ब्रह्मसत्ता किमन्यद्वद पृच्छसि ॥ ६ ॥

śrīsarasvatyuvāca jñēyaṁ jñātamaśēṣēṇa dṛṣṭādṛṣṭārthasaṁvidaḥ | īdṛśīyaṁ brahmasattā kimanyadvada pṛcchasi || 6 ||

Translation

Sarasvatī said: You have known what is to be known completely, the awareness of things seen and unseen. Such is this being of Brahman. What else would you ask? Say it.

Word by word

jñēyaṁ
what is to be known
jñātam
have known
aśēṣēṇa
completely
dṛṣṭa
seen
adṛṣṭa
and unseen
artha
of things
saṁvidaḥ
the awareness
īdṛśī
such
iyaṁ
is this
brahma
of Brahman
sattā
being
kim
what
anyad
(anyat) else
vada
say
pṛcchasi
would you ask

Meaning

Another commentary: you have fully known the knowable, both what is perceived and what is not; this is what Brahman's being is. The goddess invites the next question.