प्रमार्जयामि ते दृश्यं बोधे मृगजलं यथा । दृश्याभावे द्रष्टृता च शाम्येद्बोधोऽवशिष्यते ॥ ३४ ॥
pramārjayāmi tē dṛśyaṁ bōdhē mṛgajalaṁ yathā | dṛśyābhāvē draṣṭṛtā ca śāmyēdbōdhō’vaśiṣyatē || 34 ||
Translation
will wipe away your seen world, as knowing wipes away the water of a mirage. When the seen is gone, being a seer will be stilled too, and awareness remains.
Word by word
- pramārjayāmi
- will wipe away
- tē
- your
- dṛśyaṁ
- seen world
- bōdhē
- knowing
- mṛgajalaṁ
- the water of a mirage
- yathā
- as
- dṛśya
- the seen
- abhāvē
- when gone
- draṣṭṛtā
- being a seer
- ca
- too
- śāmyēd
- (śāmyet) will be stilled
- bōdhō
- (bodhaḥ) awareness
- avaśiṣyatē
- remains
Meaning
The promise of the sarga. As the water in a mirage is gone the moment it is known for what it is, so the seen. And with the seen goes its counterpart, being a seer: what remains is not a seer looking at nothing, but awareness alone (bodha).