श्रीराम उवाच । अत्यन्ताभावसम्पत्त्या जगद्दृश्यस्य मुक्तता । ययोदेति मुने युक्त्या तां ममोपदिशोत्तमाम् ॥ ३५ ॥
śrīrāma uvāca | atyantābhāvasampattyā jagaddṛśyasya muktatā | yayōdēti munē yuktyā tāṁ mamōpadiśōttamām || 35 ||
Translation
Rāma said: The reasoning by which freedom arises, through the realisation that the seen world absolutely does not exist: teach me that best of reasonings, sage.
Word by word
- atyanta
- absolutely
- abhāva
- does not exist
- sampattyā
- through the realisation that
- jagad
- world
- dṛśyasya
- the seen
- muktatā
- freedom
- yayā
- by which
- udēti
- arises
- munē
- sage
- yuktyā
- the reasoning
- tāṁ
- that
- mama
- me
- upadiśa
- teach
- uttamām
- best
Meaning
Rāma has heard the examples and grasped them, the commentary says, but his mind, still unsteady, is not yet able to hold the truth: contrary impressions rise and doubts return. So in four verses he asks for the means of making it firm. "Absolute non-existence" (atyanta-abhāva) is the strongest word for absence: not that the world existed and ceased, but that it never was.