द्रष्टृत्वं सति दृश्येऽस्मिन् दृश्यत्वं सत्यथेक्षके । एकत्वं सति हि द्वित्वे द्वित्वं चैकत्वयोजने ॥ ३५ ॥
draṣṭṛtvaṁ sati dṛśyē’smin dṛśyatvaṁ satyathēkṣakē | ēkatvaṁ sati hi dvitvē dvitvaṁ caikatvayōjanē || 35 ||
Translation
There is being a seer when there is this seen, and being seen when there is a seer; there is oneness when there is twoness, and twoness when oneness is joined to it.
Word by word
- draṣṭṛtvaṁ
- being a seer
- sati
- when there is
- dṛśyē
- seen
- asmin
- this
- dṛśyatvaṁ
- being seen
- atha
- and
- īkṣakē
- a seer
- ēkatvaṁ
- oneness
- hi
- indeed
- dvitvē
- twoness
- dvitvaṁ
- twoness
- ca
- and
- ēkatva
- oneness
- yōjanē
- when joined
Meaning
Why the seer goes with the seen, the commentary explains: not only the seer, but twoness and oneness themselves disappear when the seen disappears. Seer and seen depend on each other. And oneness, as a concept, is set up only to exclude twoness; where there is nothing to exclude, it has no use. Twoness, in turn, is only one joined with one. The reality that remains is not even "one" as a number is one.