यदि स्याज्जगदादीदं तस्मान्मोक्षो न कस्यचित् । बाह्यस्थमस्तु हृत्स्थं वा दृश्यं नाशाय केवलम् ॥ ६५ ॥
yadi syājjagadādīdaṁ tasmānmōkṣō na kasyacit | bāhyasthamastu hṛtsthaṁ vā dṛśyaṁ nāśāya kēvalam || 65 ||
Translation
If this world and the rest were, then no one would be free: whether the seen stands outside or in the heart, it is only for ruin.
Word by word
- yadi
- if
- syāj
- (syāt) were
- jagad
- (jagat) world
- ādi
- and the rest
- idaṁ
- this
- tasmān
- (tasmāt) then
- mōkṣō
- (mokṣaḥ) free
- na
- no
- kasyacit
- one
- bāhya
- outside
- stham
- stands
- astu
- whether
- hṛt
- in the heart
- sthaṁ
- stands
- vā
- or
- dṛśyaṁ
- the seen
- nāśāya
- for ruin
- kēvalam
- only
Meaning
The commentary sees the Sāṅkhya view answered here: that bondage is only seeing the outer world as one's own, and freedom comes by discrimination while the world goes on existing. No: a seen that is real, outside or inside, can only ruin one's nature.