अहन्तादिजगद्दृश्यं सर्वं ते मार्जयाम्यहम् । अत्यन्ताभावसंवित्त्या मनोमुकुरतो मलम् ॥ ३७ ॥
ahantādijagaddṛśyaṁ sarvaṁ tē mārjayāmyaham | atyantābhāvasaṁvittyā manōmukuratō malam || 37 ||
Translation
I will wipe away from you all the seen world, "I" and all the rest, the dirt on the mirror of the mind, by knowing its absolute non-existence.
Word by word
- ahantā
- "I"
- ādi
- and all the rest
- jagad
- (jagat) world
- dṛśyaṁ
- the seen
- sarvaṁ
- all
- tē
- from you
- mārjayāmi
- will wipe away
- aham
- I
- atyantābhāva
- its absolute non-existence
- saṁvittyā
- by knowing
- manō
- (manaḥ) of the mind
- mukuratō
- (mukurataḥ) from the mirror
- malam
- the dirt
Meaning
A second promise, the commentary says, in another way. The whole seen world, beginning with the sense of "I" (ahantā), is dirt on the mirror of the mind, and the cloth that wipes it is the knowledge of its absolute non-existence. Note where the list begins: the "I" is the first thing seen, not the seer.