भिद्यते हृदयग्रन्थिश्छिद्यन्ते सर्वसंशयाः । क्षीयन्ते चाऽस्य कर्माणि तस्मिन् दृष्टे परावरे ॥ १० ॥
bhidyatē hṛdayagranthiśchidyantē sarvasaṁśayāḥ | kṣīyantē cā’sya karmāṇi tasmin dṛṣṭē parāvarē || 10 ||
Translation
The knot of the heart is cut, all doubts are severed, and his karmas wane, when that, the higher and the lower, is seen.
Word by word
- bhidyatē
- is cut
- hṛdaya
- of the heart
- granthiś
- (granthiḥ) the knot
- chidyantē
- are severed
- sarva
- all
- saṁśayāḥ
- doubts
- kṣīyantē
- wane
- ca
- and
- asya
- his
- karmāṇi
- karmas
- tasmin
- that
- dṛṣṭē
- when seen
- parāvarē
- the higher and the lower
Meaning
This is the Upaniṣad's verse (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.8), brought in, the commentary says, as scriptural proof. When Brahman is directly seen, root ignorance is destroyed; with it goes its product, the knot of the heart, which the commentary explains as the false identity of the self with the inner organ; with the knot go all the doubts that grew from it, and all karma, the stored and the rest. "The higher and the lower" (parāvara): the one who is both cause and effect, beyond and here.