29. yathā svapne dvayābhāsaṁ spandate māyayā manaḥ, tathā jāgrad dvayābhāsaṁ spandate māyayā manaḥ. ~G
यथा – just as; स्वप्ने – in dream; द्वय-आभासम् – a seeming duality; स्पन्दते – projects, vibrates; मायया – through delusion; मनः – the mind; तथा – in the same way; जाग्रत् – in the waking state; द्वय-आभासम् – the seeming duality of; स्पन्दते – projects; मायया – through delusion; मनः – the mind ~G-trC
As in dreams the mind acts through maya, presenting the appearance of duality, so also in the waking state the mind acts through maya, presenting the appearance of duality. ~G-trN
The mind spins a seeming duality in the waking state through māyā just as the mind spins a seeming duality in dream through māyā. ~G-trP
As the snake imagined on a rope is true when seen as the rope, so manah, the mind, is true when seen as the Self, the supreme Consciousness. As like a snake appearing on a rope, the mind spandate, vibrates; svapne, in dream; mayaya, through Maya; dvayabha- sam, as if possessed of two facets-the cognizer and the thing cognized; tatha, just like that; jagrat, in the waking state; manah, the mind; spandate, vibrates, as it were; mayaya, through Maya. ~S-trGm
The diversity experienced in the waking state, like that perceived in dreams, is the activity of the mind, through maya. The mind is superimposed through ignorance upon the non-dual Atman. To the knower of Reality the mind is Brahman, just as to the knower of the rope the illusory snake is the rope, or to the awakened man the dream experience is nothing but the mind. ~N
30. advayaṁ ca dvayābhāsaṁ manaḥ svapne na saṁśayaḥ, advayaṁ ca dvayābhāsaṁ tathā jāgran-na saṁśayaḥ. ~G
अद्वयम् – the non-dual; च – and, alone; द्वय-आभासम् – the seeming duality of; मनः – mind; स्वप्ने – in the dream; न संशयः – there is no doubt; अद्वयम् च – the non-dual alone; द्वय-आभासम् – the seeming duality; तथा – in the same way; जाग्रत् – in the waking state; न संशयः – there is no doubt ~G-trC
There is no doubt that the mind, which is in reality non-dual, appears to be dual in dreams; likewise, there is no doubt that what is non-dual [i.e. Atman] appears to be dual in the waking state. ~G-trN
Na samsayah, there is no doubt; that just as the snake is true in its aspect of the rope, so the manas, mind; that is but advayam, non-dual, in its aspect of the Self from the highest standpoint; dvayabahsam, appears to have two aspects; svapne, in dream. For apart from Consciousness, there do not exist two things in dream -elephants and so on that are perceived and eyes and the rest that perceive them. The ideas that the case is similar in the waking state also; for in either state there exists only the supremely real Consciousness. ~S-trGm
31. mano dṛśya-midaṁ dvaitaṁ yat-kiñcit-sacarācaram, manaso hyamanī-bhāve dvaitam naivopalabhyate. ~G
मनः-दृश्यम् – perception of the mind; इदम् द्वैतम् – this duality; यत् – which; किञ्चित् – anything; स – including; चर – all moveable; अचरम् – and immoveable; मनसः – when the mind; हि – for; अमनी-भावे – is transcended or cease to act; द्वैतम् – duality in other words, plurality; न-एव – not at all; उपलभ्यते – perceived ~G-trC
All the multiple objects, comprising the movable and the immovable, are perceived by the mind alone. For duality is never perceived when the mind ceases to act. ~G-trN
The state when the mind acts not (amanī-bhāva):-This is a chiselled expression of such exquisite beauty and ethereal harmony that it defies translation. ‘Mana’ is mind; ‘a-mana’ is non-mind; and a-manī-bhāva is equivalent to saying ‘non-mindhood’. The non-mindhood is Godhood; looking down from the balconies of the non-mindhood, the imperfect world of phenomena cannot be available for perception. ~C
Gauḍapāda suggests a method to tackle duality. Ultimately, the method is only one but the route taken is different. In waking and dream, we are experiencing duality reported by the mind alone. The active mind is reporting duality in waking and the semi-active mind is reporting duality in dream whereas in deep sleep the resolved mind is not reporting duality. The mind that reports duality is the problem. Now we have refined the problem. First it was said that duality is the cause of saṃsāra. The refined statement is that the mind that reports duality is the cause of saṃsāra. Therefore one should learn to tackle the duality-reporting mind. This tackling of the mind is what Gauḍapāda called amanībhāvaḥ. Converting the problematic mind into a non-problematic mind is called amanībhāvaḥ. ~P
32. ātma-satyānubodhena na saṅkalpayate yadā, amanastāṁ tadā yāti grāhyābhāve tad-agraham. ~G
आत्म-सत्य-अनुबोधेन – because of the knowledge of Truth which is Ᾱtman; न सङ्कल्पयते – (the mind) does not bring forth imaginations; यदा – when; याति अमनस्ताम् – ceases to be mind; तदा – then; ग्राह्य – objects of cognition; अभावे – for want of; तत् – that (mind); अग्रहम् – non-perceiver, becomes free from the idea of cognition ~G-trC
When the mind, after realizing the knowledge that Atman alone is real, becomes free from imaginations and therefore does not cognize anything, for want of objects to be cognized, it ceases to be the mind. ~G-trN
Atmasatya-anubodha is the realization of that Truth of the Self which follows from the instruction of scriptures and the teacher. Yada, when, as a consequence of that, there remains nothing to be thought of; and the mind na sankalpayate, does not think-as fire does not burn in the absence of combustible things; tada, then, at that time; yati amanastam, it attains the state of ceasing to be the mind. Grahyabhave, in the absence of things to be perceived; tat, that mind; agraham, becomes free from all illusion of perceptions. This is the idea. ~S-trGm
Why do we say that Self-realisation is the state of ‘non-mindhood?’ The reason is explained by Gauḍapāda. He says that the mind can exist and maintain its personality only if there are objects of perception. Later on, in chapter-4, we would be given an exhaustive explanation of this argument but, for the time being, it is sufficient for us to understand that the mind is nothing other than the ‘focal point’ of the five organs of knowledge. If there are no sense objects entertained by an individual’s organs of knowledge, the ‘focal point’ becomes empty. An empty mind is a ‘non-mind’; thus in that plane of Consciousness, when awareness is perceiving nothing other than awareness, mind cannot exist. ~C
Trying to tackle the world alone will not work and tackling the mind alone will also not work. It will end up in some other problem. Swami Dayananda: In psychology there is no solution, in Vedānta there is no problem. Trying to understand the root of both the world and mind alone will help. That root is ātmā the satyaṃ. When the truth ātmā is known as satyaṃ, the world and the mind are understood as mithyā. The world and the mind will continue to be experienced. It will be like a movie on a screen. The screen is ātmā. ~P
33. akalpakam-ajaṁ jñānaṁ jñeyābhinnaṁ pracakṣate, brahmajñeyam-ajaṁ nityam-ajenājaṁ vibudhyate. ~G
अकल्पकम् – free from imagination; अजम् – unborn; ज्ञानम् – the knowledge, ज्ञेय – the object of knowledge, knowable in other words, Brahman; अभिन्नम् – inseparable, not different; प्रचक्षते – (wise) say; ब्रह्म – Brahman; ज्ञेयम् – object of knowledge; अजम् – the birthless; नित्यम् – immutable; अजेन – by the birthless (knowledge); अजम् – the birthless Self; विबुध्यते – is known ~G-trC
Knowledge (Jnana), which is unborn and free from imagination, is described [by the wise] as ever inseparable from the knowable. The immutable and birthless Brahman is the goal of knowledge. The birthless is known by the birthless. ~G-trN
The phrase brahma jneyam, is an attribute of that very knowledge, and means that very knowledge of which Brahman Itself is the content and which is non-different from Brahman, as heat is from fire. By that ajena, unborn, knowledge, which is the very nature of the Self; vibudhyate, is known-It knows by Itself; the ajam, birthless Reality, which is the Self. The idea conveyed is that the Self being ever a homogeneous mass of Consciousness, like the sun that is by nature a constant light, does not depend on any other knowledge (for Its revelation). ~S-trGm
If both the mind and the world are negated as mithyā, how can one know the ātmā? For that Gauḍapāda says that ātmā is never recognized as an object with the help of the mind. If ātmā is an object, it will come under object-thought duality. The mind can never know the ātmā by objectification as it does in the case of the other objects in the world. // Ātmā reveals itself by itself because ātmā is self-evident. That ‘I am’ need not be known with the help of the mind because even before I start operating the mind, I know that I am. ~P
Brahman, which is the unchanging mass of Consciousness, does not depend upon any other instrument of knowledge for Its revelation. Scripture and the teacher describe to students only what is not Brahman, Reasoning and discipline remove the obstacles, whereupon Brahman, or Consciousness, is revealed by consciousness. // When the knower of Non-duality does any work in the world, which, to the ignorant, implies a knowledge of duality, he knows that the doer, the deed, and the goal are all Brahman. Likewise, to him the knower, knowledge, and the goal of knowledge are all Brahman. All these, being of the same nature as Brahman, are without beginning or end. ~N
Legend:
G: Gaudapada
C: Chinmayananda
Gm: Gambhirananda
N: Nikhilananda
P: Paramarthananda
S/G: Sandeepany / Gurubhaktananda
Sw: Swartz
tr: translated by
29. As in dreams the mind acts through maya, presenting the appearance of duality, so also in the waking state the mind acts through maya, presenting the appearance of duality.
30. There is no doubt that the mind, which is in reality non-dual, appears to be dual in dreams; likewise, there is no doubt that what is non-dual [i.e. Atman] appears to be dual in the waking state.
31. All the multiple objects, comprising the movable and the immovable, are perceived by the mind alone. For duality is never perceived when the mind ceases to act.
32. When the mind, after realizing the knowledge that Atman alone is real, becomes free from imaginations and therefore does not cognize anything, for want of objects to be cognized, it ceases to be the mind.
33. Knowledge (Jnana), which is unborn and free from imagination, is described [by the wise] as ever inseparable from the knowable. The immutable and birthless Brahman is the goal of knowledge. The birthless is known by the birthless.
~G-trN
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