अत्यन्ताभावसंपत्तौ दृश्यस्याऽस्य यथास्थितेः । शिष्यते परमार्थोऽसौ बुध्यते जायते ततः ॥ २९ ॥
atyantābhāvasaṁpattau dṛśyasyā’sya yathāsthitēḥ | śiṣyatē paramārthō’sau budhyatē jāyatē tataḥ || 29 ||
Translation
When this seen world, just as it stands, is found to be absolutely non-existent, the supreme reality remains; it is understood, and from that one becomes it.
Word by word
- atyantābhāva
- absolutely non-existent
- saṁpattau
- when it is found
- dṛśyasya
- seen world
- asya
- this
- yathāsthitēḥ
- just as it stands
- śiṣyatē
- remains
- paramārthō
- (paramārthaḥ) the supreme reality
- asau
- that
- budhyatē
- it is understood
- jāyatē
- one becomes it
- tataḥ
- from that
Meaning
The commentary: when the seen world, unreal in its ground, is known as absolutely non-existent, what remains, the supreme reality, is known; and once known, it is the very self of the knower. Knowing it and being it are not two steps.