त्रिजगत्त्वमहं चेति दृश्येऽसत्तामुपागते । द्रष्टुः स्यात् केवलीभावस्तादृशो विमलात्मनः ॥ ५६ ॥
trijagattvamahaṁ cēti dṛśyē’sattāmupāgatē | draṣṭuḥ syāt kēvalībhāvastādṛśō vimalātmanaḥ || 56 ||
Translation
When the seen, "the three worlds, you and I", has become unreal, the seer, pure in himself, comes to such an aloneness.
Word by word
- trijagat
- the three worlds
- tvam
- you
- ahaṁ
- I
- ca
- and
- iti
- "
- dṛśyē
- when the seen
- asattām
- unreal
- upāgatē
- has become
- draṣṭuḥ
- the seer
- syāt
- comes to
- kēvalībhāvas
- (kevalībhāvaḥ) an aloneness
- tādṛśō
- (tādṛśaḥ) such
- vimala
- pure
- ātmanaḥ
- in himself
Meaning
The commentary takes vv. 55-56 together: as the pure form of light remains when there is nothing to light, so, when the three worlds, you and I are gone, the aloneness of the stainless seer remains. You and I are on the list of the seen; the pronouns too are objects.