श्रीराम उवाच । सच्चेन्न शाम्यत्येवेदं नाऽभावो विद्यते सतः । असत्तां च न विद्मोऽस्मिन् दृश्ये दोषप्रदायिनि ॥ ५९ ॥
śrīrāma uvāca | saccēnna śāmyatyēvēdaṁ nā’bhāvō vidyatē sataḥ | asattāṁ ca na vidmō’smin dṛśyē dōṣapradāyini || 59 ||
Translation
Rāma said: "If it is real, this cannot be stilled at all, for what is real does not cease to be; and we do not know this seen, which brings such harm, to be unreal.
Word by word
- sac
- (sat) real
- cēn
- (cet) if it is
- na
- not
- śāmyati
- can be stilled
- ēva
- at all
- idaṁ
- this
- abhāvō
- (abhāvaḥ) cease to be
- vidyatē
- does
- sataḥ
- what is real
- asattāṁ
- to be unreal
- ca
- and
- vidmō
- (vidmaḥ) we know
- asmin
- this
- dṛśyē
- seen
- dōṣa
- harm
- pradāyini
- which brings
Meaning
Rāma's objection is honest: we do not experience the world as unreal. The Gītā's line, that what is real never ceases to be, is turned against the teaching: if the world is real, it cannot end; and it does not feel unreal. The other commentary: if it were unreal, your aloneness would follow, but that unreality is against experience.