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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.4.58

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 4 · Verse 58

Verse 58

अहं त्वं जगदित्यादौ प्रशान्ते दृश्यसंभ्रमे । स्यात्तादृशी केवलता स्थिते द्रष्टर्यवीक्षणे ॥ ५८ ॥

ahaṁ tvaṁ jagadityādau praśāntē dṛśyasaṁbhramē | syāttādṛśī kēvalatā sthitē draṣṭaryavīkṣaṇē || 58 ||

Translation

so, when the confusion of the seen, "I, you, the world" and the rest, is stilled, such aloneness comes to the seer, who stays without seeing.

Word by word

ahaṁ
I
tvaṁ
you
jagad
(jagat) the world
ityādau
"and the rest
praśāntē
is stilled
dṛśya
of the seen
saṁbhramē
when the confusion
syāt
comes
tādṛśī
such
kēvalatā
aloneness
sthitē
who stays
draṣṭari
to the seer
avīkṣaṇē
without seeing

Meaning

Without seeing: not blind, but no longer turned outward. The other commentary: the seer without the act of seeing, in whom only the Self remains.