Chapter 4
बुद्धीन्द्रियार्थरूपेण ज्ञानं भाति तदाश्रयम् । दृश्यत्वाव्यतिरेकाभ्यामाद्यन्तवदवस्तु यत् ॥ २३ ॥
Transliteration
buddhīndriyārtha-rūpeṇa jñānaṁ bhāti tad-āśrayam dṛśyatvāvyatirekābhyām ādy-antavad avastu yat
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
buddhi — of intelligence; indriya — the senses; artha — and the objects of perception; rūpeṇa — in the form; jñānam — the Absolute Truth; bhāti — manifests; tat — of these elements; āśrayam — the basis; dṛśyatva — because of being perceived; avyatirekābhyām — and because of being nondifferent from its own cause; ādi-anta-vat — which has a beginning and an end; avastu — is insubstantial; yat — whatever.
Translation
“It is the Absolute Truth alone who manifests in the forms of intelligence, the senses and the objects of sense perception, and who is their ultimate basis. Whatever has a beginning and an end is insubstantial because of being an object perceived by limited senses and because of being nondifferent from its own cause.”