एकस्त्वमेव सदसद्द्वयमद्वयं च स्वर्णं कृताकृतमिवेह न वस्तुभेद: । अज्ञानतस्त्वयि जनैर्विहितो विकल्पो यस्माद् गुणव्यतिकरो निरुपाधिकस्य ॥ ८ ॥
ekas tvam eva sad asad dvayam advayam ca svarnam krtakrtam iveha na vastu-bhedah ajnanatas tvayi janair vihito vikalpo yasmad guna-vyatikaro nirupadhikasya
- ekah
- the only one
- tvam
- Your Lordship
- eva
- indeed
- sat
- which is existing, as the effect
- asat
- which is nonexistent, as the cause
- dvayam
- both of them
- advayam
- without duality
- ca
- and
- svarnam
- gold
- krta
- manufactured into different forms
- akrtam
- the original source of gold (the gold mine)
- iva
- like
- iha
- in this world
- na
- not
- vastu-bhedah
- difference in the substance
- ajnanatah
- only because of ignorance
- tvayi
- unto You
- janaih
- by the general mass of people
- vihitah
- it should be done
- vikalpah
- differentiation
- yasmat
- because of
- guna-vyatikarah
- free from the differences created by the material modes of nature
- nirupadhikasya
- without any material designation
My dear Lord, Your Lordship alone is the cause and the effect. Therefore, although You appear to be two, You are the absolute one. As there is no difference between the gold of a golden ornament and the gold in a mine, there is no difference between cause and effect; both of them are the same. Only because of ignorance do people concoct differences and dualities. You are free from material contamination, and since the entire cosmos is caused by You and cannot exist without You, it is an effect of Your transcendental qualities. Thus the conception that Brahman is true and the world false cannot be maintained.