एकाभावे द्वयोरेव सिद्धिर्भवति नाऽत्र हि । द्वित्वैक्यद्रष्टृदृश्यत्वक्षये सदवशिष्यते ॥ ३६ ॥
ēkābhāvē dvayōrēva siddhirbhavati nā’tra hi | dvitvaikyadraṣṭṛdṛśyatvakṣayē sadavaśiṣyatē || 36 ||
Translation
When one is absent, neither of the pair is established here. When twoness and oneness, being a seer and being seen, have waned, the real remains.
Word by word
- ēka
- one
- abhāvē
- when absent
- dvayōr
- (dvayoḥ) of the pair
- ēva
- either
- siddhir
- (siddhiḥ) established
- bhavati
- is
- na
- neither
- atra
- here
- hi
- indeed
- dvitva
- twoness
- aikya
- oneness
- draṣṭṛ
- being a seer
- dṛśyatva
- being seen
- kṣayē
- when waned
- sad
- (sat) the real
- avaśiṣyatē
- remains
Meaning
The commentary: when either of the two is absent, neither is established. When twoness, oneness, seerhood and seenness have all waned, being alone (sanmātra) remains. Not a thing, not a seer, not a one: what is.