जलादृते पयोवीचौ नाऽहं पश्यामि किञ्चन । वीचित्वं तादृशं दृष्टं यत्र नाऽस्त्येव तत्र हि ॥ ३२ ॥
jalādṛtē payōvīcau nā’haṁ paśyāmi kiñcana | vīcitvaṁ tādṛśaṁ dṛṣṭaṁ yatra nā’styēva tatra hi || 32 ||
Translation
In a wave of water I see nothing apart from water; and where no such wave-ness is seen, there too is water alone.
Word by word
- jalāt
- water
- ṛtē
- apart from
- payō
- of water
- vīcau
- in a wave
- na
- nothing
- ahaṁ
- I
- paśyāmi
- see
- kiñcana
- at all
- vīcitvaṁ
- wave-ness
- tādṛśaṁ
- such
- dṛṣṭaṁ
- is seen
- yatra
- where
- asti
- there is
- ēva
- alone
- tatra
- there
- hi
- too
Meaning
The commentary: whether the water is in waves or still, it is nothing but water. The wave adds nothing to the water, and its going takes nothing away. So the world arising or dissolving changes nothing in Brahman.