दृश्यस्य जगतस्तस्मादत्यन्तासंभवो यथा । ब्रह्मैवेत्थं स्वभावस्थं बुध्यते वद मे तथा ॥ ३७ ॥
dṛśyasya jagatastasmādatyantāsaṁbhavō yathā | brahmaivētthaṁ svabhāvasthaṁ budhyatē vada mē tathā || 37 ||
Translation
So tell me how the seen world comes to be absolutely impossible, and how in this way Brahman alone, resting in its own nature, is known.
Word by word
- dṛśyasya
- seen
- jagatas
- (jagataḥ) of the world
- tasmāt
- so
- atyanta
- absolutely
- asaṁbhavō
- impossible
- yathā
- how
- brahma
- Brahman
- ēva
- alone
- itthaṁ
- in this way
- svabhāva
- in its own nature
- sthaṁ
- resting
- budhyatē
- is known
- vada
- tell
- mē
- me
- tathā
- so
Meaning
The two halves of the goal: the world seen as impossible, and Brahman known as it is. The commentary: tell me the means by which the seen world is sublated (bādha), and once it is, the changeless Brahman alone is known. One is the other: when the false is seen as false, what remains is the true.