अयमाकाशभूतादिरूपोऽहं चेति लक्षितः । जगच्छब्दस्य नामाऽर्थो ननु नाऽस्त्येव कश्चन ॥ ६७ ॥
ayamākāśabhūtādirūpō’haṁ cēti lakṣitaḥ | jagacchabdasya nāmā’rthō nanu nā’styēva kaścana || 67 ||
Translation
What is marked as "this", space, the elements and the rest, and as "I": of the word "world" there is in truth no meaning at all.
Word by word
- ayam
- this
- ākāśa
- space
- bhūta
- the elements
- ādi
- and the rest
- rūpō
- (rūpaḥ) what is
- ahaṁ
- I
- ca
- and
- iti
- as
- lakṣitaḥ
- is marked
- jagac
- (jagat) world
- śabdasya
- of the word
- nāma
- indeed
- arthō
- (arthaḥ) meaning
- nanu
- in truth
- na
- no
- asti
- there is
- ēva
- at all
- kaścana
- any
Meaning
The commentary: what appears outside as space and the rest, and inside as "I", is the world in the condition of everyday life; in the condition of the highest truth, it is Brahman alone, and the word "world" has no object apart from Brahman.