यत् सामान्यविशेषाभ्यामुपलभ्येत स भ्रम: । अन्योन्यापाश्रयात् सर्वमाद्यन्तवदवस्तु यत् ॥ २८ ॥
yat sāmānya-viśeṣābhyām upalabhyeta sa bhramaḥ anyonyāpāśrayāt sarvam ādy-antavad avastu yat
- yat
- whatever
- sāmānya
- in terms of general cause
- viśeṣābhyām
- and specific product
- upalabhyeta
- is experienced
- saḥ
- that
- bhramaḥ
- is illusion
- anyonya
- mutual
- apāśrayāt
- because of dependence
- sarvam
- everything
- ādi-anta-vat
- subject to beginning and end
- avastu
- unreal
- yat
- which
Anything experienced in terms of general cause and specific effect must be an illusion, because such causes and effects exist only relative to each other. Indeed, whatever has a beginning and an end is unreal.