जगन्नाम्नोऽस्य दृश्यस्य स्वसत्तासंभवं विना । बुध्यते परमं तत्त्वं न कदाचन केनचित् ॥ ३१ ॥
jagannāmnō’sya dṛśyasya svasattāsaṁbhavaṁ vinā | budhyatē paramaṁ tattvaṁ na kadācana kēnacit || 31 ||
Translation
Unless the seen called the world is known to have no being of its own, no one ever understands the highest reality.
Word by word
- jagan
- (jagat) the world
- nāmnō
- (nāmnaḥ) called
- asya
- this
- dṛśyasya
- the seen
- sva
- its own
- sattā
- being
- asaṁbhavaṁ
- having no
- vinā
- unless
- budhyatē
- understands
- paramaṁ
- the highest
- tattvaṁ
- reality
- na
- no
- kadācana
- ever
- kēnacit
- one
Meaning
The conclusion of the answer to Rāma. The commentary: until the unreality of this seen thing called the world is established, no one ever knows Brahman. The way to the real goes through seeing the unreal as unreal.