श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । भ्रमस्य जागृतस्याऽस्य जातस्याऽऽकाशवर्णवत् । अत्यन्ताभावसंबोधे यदि रूढिरलं भवेत् ॥ २७ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | bhramasya jāgṛtasyā’sya jātasyā’’kāśavarṇavat | atyantābhāvasaṁbōdhē yadi rūḍhiralaṁ bhavēt || 27 ||
- Another reading: जागतस्याऽस्य (jāgatasyā’sya) for जागृतस्याऽस्य
- Another reading: अत्यन्तभावसंबोधे (atyantabhāvasaṁbōdhē) for अत्यन्ताभावसंबोधे
Translation
If the knowledge of the absolute non-existence of this delusion of the waking world, which has arisen like colour in the sky, becomes firm enough,
Word by word
- bhramasya
- delusion
- jāgṛtasya
- of the waking world
- asya
- this
- jātasya
- which has arisen
- ākāśa
- in the sky
- varṇavat
- like colour
- atyantābhāva
- of the absolute non-existence
- saṁbōdhē
- the knowledge
- yadi
- if
- rūḍhir
- (rūḍhiḥ) firm
- alaṁ
- enough
- bhavēt
- becomes
Meaning
The commentary answers: it is not true that Brahman cannot be known; when what obstructs is removed, the great sayings of the Upaniṣads make it known. And the obstruction is removed by knowing that the duality laid upon Brahman is unreal: until the snake is denied, the rope is not seen. As blue and yellow are seen in the formless sky, so the delusion of the waking world has arisen in Brahman: the world we take as real while awake. The sentence runs on into the next verse.