न शून्यं नाऽपि चाऽऽकारं न दृश्यं न च दर्शनम् । न च भूतपदार्थौघो यदनन्ततया स्थितम् ॥ ४८ ॥
na śūnyaṁ nā’pi cā’’kāraṁ na dṛśyaṁ na ca darśanam | na ca bhūtapadārthaughō yadanantatayā sthitam || 48 ||
Translation
It is not void, nor is it form; not the seen and not seeing; not the mass of elements and things: it is what abides as the infinite.
Word by word
- na
- not
- śūnyaṁ
- void
- api
- nor
- ca
- and
- ākāraṁ
- form
- dṛśyaṁ
- the seen
- darśanam
- seeing
- bhūta
- of elements
- padārtha
- and things
- ōghō
- the mass
- yad
- what
- anantatayā
- as the infinite
- sthitam
- abides
Meaning
The commentary: it is not empty, nor has it form; it is not seen, nor is it the act of seeing; nor is it the mass of elements and their products. Not void, because it is; not form, because nothing bounds it. It cannot even be called "seeing", which needs something seen. What abides as the infinite cannot be any of the finite things set beside it.