Word meanings
- na
- no
- asataḥ
- of the temporary
- vidyate
- there is
- bhāvaḥ
- is
- na
- no
- abhāvaḥ
- cessation
- vidyate
- is
- sataḥ
- of the eternal
- ubhayoḥ
- of the two
- api
- also
- dṛṣṭaḥ
- observed
- antaḥ
- conclusion
- tu
- verily
- anayoḥ
- of these
- tattva
- of the truth
- darśibhiḥ
- by the seers
Translations
The unreal has no being; there is no non-being of the real; the truth about both has been seen by the knowers of the truth (or the seers of the essence).
That which is not shall never be; that which is shall never cease to be. These truths are self-evident to the wise.
There is no being of the unreal; the real has no non-existence. Yet, the nature of both has been realized by the seers of Truth.
(टिप्पणी प0 55) असत् का तो भाव (सत्ता) विद्यमान नहीं है और सत् का अभाव विद्यमान नहीं है, तत्त्वदर्शी महापुरुषोंने इन दोनोंका ही अन्त अर्थात् तत्त्व देखा है।Commentary
The changeless, homogeneous Atman or the Self always exists. It is the only solid Reality. This phenomenal world of names and forms is ever changing. Hence it is unreal. The sage or the Jivanmukta is fully aware that the Self always exists and that this world is like a mirage. Through his Jnanachakshus or the eye of intuition, he directly cognises the Self. This world vanishes for him like the snake in the rope, after it has been seen that only the rope exists. He rejects the names and forms and takes the underlying Essence in all the names and forms, viz.?
Asti-Bhati-Priya or Satchidananda or Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute. Hence he is a Tattvadarshi or a knower of the Truth or the Essence. What is changing must be unreal. What is constant or permanent must be real.