2.17 Commentary

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avināsi

Back 1

indestructible (n. acc. sg)

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tad

Back 2

this

Front 3

viddhi

Back 3

know (2nd sg imperative act)

Front 4

yena

Back 4

by which

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sarvam idam

Back 5

all this

Front 6

tatam

Back 6

pervaded

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kartum arhati

Back 7

capable of accomplishing

Front 8

vināsam

Back 8

destruction

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avyayasya

Back 9

of the imperishable

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asya

Back 10

of it

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na kascit

Back 11

no one

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na vinastum

Back 12

cannot be destroyed

Front 13

sīlam

Back 13

disposition, nature, character, habit, custom

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tu-sabdo

Back 14

the word "but"

Front 15

visesanārthah

Back 15

is used for distinguishing/ for the purpose of distinguishing

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asato

Back 16

from unreality /the non-existent

Front 17

tat viddhi vijānīhi

Back 17

know that to be the truth

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kim

Back 18

what?

Front 19

sad-ākhyena

Back 19

it is called reality

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brahmanā

Back 20

Brahman (instrumental)

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sākāsam

Back 21

together with space

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sarvam idam jagat tatam vyāptam

Back 22

this whole universe is pervaded

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ghatādayah

Back 23

as things like pots etc.

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ākāsena iva

Back 24

like... (pervaded) by space

Front 25

vināsam

Back 25

destruction

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adarsanam

Back 26

non-appearance, absence, not being seen

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abhāvam

Back 27

absence

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avyayasya

Back 28

of the indestructible

Front 29

na vyeti

Back 29

does not undergo

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upacayāpacayau

Back 30

increase or decrease

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na yāti

Back 31

nor does it go away

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avyayam tasya avyayasya

Back 32

this is the imperishable nature of the imperishable

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brahma

Back 33

brahman (nominative/accusative)

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sadākhyam

Back 34

which is always known as existence

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vyeti

Back 35

undergoes

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vyabhicarati

Back 36

it changes

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svena rūpena

Back 37

by its own nature

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dehādivat

Back 38

it is like the body

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niravayavatvāt

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due to being without parts

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ātmīyābhāvat

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from the non-existence of the self

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nāpy ātmīyena

Back 41

it is not even by one's own nature?

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yathā devadatto

Back 42

just as ... of devadatta

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dhana-hānyā

Back 43

the loss of wealth

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vyeti

Back 44

goes away

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na tu evam brahma vyeti

Back 45

indeed, so Brahman does not pass away

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ato

Back 46

therefore

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na kascit kartum arhati

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no one is able to accomplish

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vināsam

Back 48

destruction

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avyayasya

Back 49

of the indestructible

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brahmanah

Back 50

brahman (ablative/genitive)

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na kascit

Back 51

not anyone

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īsvaro'pi

Back 52

the Lord

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atmānam

Back 53

his self

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saknoti vināsayitum

Back 54

is able to destroy

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ātmā hi brahma

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for the self is brahman

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svātmani

Back 56

in one's own self/ (locative)

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kriyāvirodhāt

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due to being contrary to action

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Kim punas tad asat yat

Back 58

what then, is the unreal (asat) whose

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svātma-sattām

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the self whose existence

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vyabhicarati

Back 60

changes

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avināsi na vinastum sīlam yasyeti

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The indestructible is that whose character is such that it cannot be destroyed.

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tu-sabdo 'sato visesanārthah

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the word "but" is used to qualify the non-existent

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vināsam adarsanam abhāvam

Back 63

destruction, non-appearance non-existence

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yathā devadatto dhana-hānyā vyeti, na tu evam brahma vyeti

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Brahman does not undergo (change/loss) like devadatta who undergoes the loss of wealth. /Brahman surely does not suffer loss like Devatta suffering from loss of wealth.