नश्यति संसृतिदुःखमिदं ते स्वात्मविचारणया कथयैव । नो धनदानतपःश्रुतवेदै- स्तत्कथनोदितयत्नशतेन ॥ १७ ॥
naśyati saṁsṛtiduḥkhamidaṁ tē svātmavicāraṇayā kathayaiva | nō dhanadānatapaḥśrutavēdai- statkathanōditayatnaśatēna || 17 ||
Translation
This sorrow of saṁsāra of yours perishes only by this talk, by inquiry into your own Self; not by wealth, gifts, austerity, hearing the Vedas, nor by a hundred efforts that their teaching prompts.
Word by word
- naśyati
- perishes
- saṁsṛti
- of saṁsāra
- duḥkham
- sorrow
- idaṁ
- this
- tē
- of yours
- sva
- your own
- ātma
- Self
- vicāraṇayā
- by inquiry into
- kathayā
- by talk
- ēva
- only
- nō
- not
- dhana
- by wealth
- dāna
- gifts
- tapaḥ
- austerity
- śruta
- hearing
- vēdais
- (vedaiḥ) the Vedas
- tat
- their
- kathana
- teaching
- udita
- that prompts
- yatna
- efforts
- śatēna
- by a hundred
Meaning
The sarga ends in dodhaka, a longer metre. The commentary: by this talk alone, which is inquiry into the Self, your pain of saṁsāra will end; not by wealth, giving, austerity, the hearing of the dualist scriptures, the Vedas of ritual, nor by the hundreds of efforts, sacrifices, offerings and the rest, that their words urge. The lesson of 3.6, knowledge, not works, is sealed: what ends sorrow is looking into who one is.