श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । विद्यते चेत्त्रिभुवनं तत्तत्तां संप्रयान्तु ते । यत्र त्रैलोक्यशब्दार्थो न संभवति कश्चन ॥ २८ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | vidyatē cēttribhuvanaṁ tattattāṁ saṁprayāntu tē | yatra trailōkyaśabdārthō na saṁbhavati kaścana || 28 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: If the three worlds existed, they might go into that state. But here no meaning of the word "three worlds" can arise at all.
Word by word
- vidyatē
- existed
- cēt
- if
- tribhuvanaṁ
- the three worlds
- tat
- that
- tattāṁ
- into that state
- saṁprayāntu
- might go
- tē
- they
- yatra
- here
- trailōkya
- "three worlds"
- śabda
- of the word
- arthō
- meaning
- na
- no
- saṁbhavati
- can arise
- kaścana
- at all
Meaning
The answer goes to the root. Rāma's fear assumes a world that is there to be become. The commentary: Vasiṣṭha removes the doubt by leaning on what was just said, that the seen world never arose. If there were three worlds, the freed might become them; but where the word "three worlds" has no object at all, there is nothing to become.