न दृश्यमस्ति सद्रूपं न द्रष्टा न च दर्शनम् । न शून्यं न जडं नो चिच्छान्तमेवेदमाततम् ॥ ७० ॥
na dṛśyamasti sadrūpaṁ na draṣṭā na ca darśanam | na śūnyaṁ na jaḍaṁ nō cicchāntamēvēdamātatam || 70 ||
Translation
There is no seen that is real, no seer, and no seeing; not void, not inert, not even awareness: only peace, spread through all this.
Word by word
- na
- no; not
- dṛśyam
- seen
- asti
- there is
- sad
- (sat) real
- rūpaṁ
- that is
- draṣṭā
- seer
- ca
- and
- darśanam
- seeing
- śūnyaṁ
- void
- jaḍaṁ
- inert
- nō
- not even
- cic
- (cit) awareness
- śāntam
- peace
- ēva
- only
- idam
- this
- ātatam
- spread through
Meaning
The triad of seer, seeing and seen falls together. Then even the names for what remains are refused: not empty, not matter, not even awareness as a reflection in the intellect, the commentary says; only the peaceful Brahman, pervading all.