यः सर्वविभवोऽस्माकं धियां न विषयं ततः । तज्जगत्कथने शक्तिर्न ममाऽस्ति महामते ॥ ३३ ॥
yaḥ sarvavibhavō’smākaṁ dhiyāṁ na viṣayaṁ tataḥ | tajjagatkathanē śaktirna mamā’sti mahāmatē || 33 ||
Translation
All the wealth of our understanding has been spent; what lies beyond is not within reach of our minds; I have no power to describe those worlds, great-minded one.
Word by word
- yaḥ
- which
- sarva
- all
- vibhavō
- the wealth
- asmākaṁ
- of our understanding
- dhiyāṁ
- of our minds
- na
- not
- viṣayaṁ
- within reach
- tataḥ
- what lies beyond
- taj
- (tat) those
- jagat
- worlds
- kathanē
- to describe
- śaktir
- (śaktiḥ) power
- mama
- I
- asti
- have
- mahāmatē
- great-minded one
Meaning
Vasiṣṭha, the knower, says plainly where description ends. The first commentary: he has shown all that the mind can, and the worlds beyond are not its objects. It is the honesty of the teacher: the worlds are endless, and no account can finish them.