अद्वैतं यो न यातोऽसौ कथमद्वैतकर्मभिः । युज्यते तापसंस्थस्य च्छायाङ्गानुभवः कुतः ॥ ९ ॥
advaitaṁ yō na yātō’sau kathamadvaitakarmabhiḥ | yujyatē tāpasaṁsthasya cchāyāṅgānubhavaḥ kutaḥ || 9 ||
Translation
One who has not gone to non-duality, how can he be joined to the works of non-duality? How can one standing in the heat feel the shade on his limbs?
Word by word
- advaitaṁ
- to non-duality
- yō
- (yaḥ) one who
- na
- not
- yātō
- (yātaḥ) has gone
- asau
- he
- katham
- how
- advaita
- of non-duality
- karmabhiḥ
- to the works
- yujyatē
- can be joined
- tāpa
- in the heat
- saṁsthasya
- of one standing
- cchāyā
- (chāyā) the shade
- aṅga
- on his limbs
- anubhavaḥ
- feel
- kutaḥ
- how
Meaning
To act as the non-dual Self acts, with a will that comes true, one must stand in non-duality. As long as one stands in the sun, the shade is only an idea.