यद्द्रष्टुरस्याऽद्रष्टृत्वं दृश्याभावे भवेद् बलात् । तद्विद्धि केवलीभावं तत एवाऽसतः सतः ॥ ५३ ॥
yaddraṣṭurasyā’draṣṭṛtvaṁ dṛśyābhāvē bhavēd balāt | tadviddhi kēvalībhāvaṁ tata ēvā’sataḥ sataḥ || 53 ||
Translation
The not-seeing that comes of itself to this seer when the seen is absent, know that to be aloneness (kevalī-bhāva), which is real, because the seen is unreal.
Word by word
- yad
- (yat) the
- draṣṭur
- (draṣṭuḥ) to seer
- asya
- this
- adraṣṭṛtvaṁ
- not-seeing
- dṛśya
- the seen
- abhāvē
- when is absent
- bhavēd
- (bhavet) comes
- balāt
- of itself
- tad
- (tat) that
- viddhi
- know
- kēvalībhāvaṁ
- aloneness
- tata
- (tataḥ) because
- ēva
- indeed
- asataḥ
- is unreal
- sataḥ
- which is real
Meaning
Here the goal is named. When there is nothing to see, the seer is no longer a seer; what remains is awareness alone. The commentary: when the seen is gone, the not-seeing in the seer, and the standing of the Self as awareness alone once the unreal seen is cancelled, that is the state of aloneness. Kaivalya, aloneness, is not loneliness; it is being without a second.