Shloka 97

प्रत्याहारवर्णनम्

Pratyāhāra—Cosmic Withdrawal / Dissolution Sequence

Devanagari script

अस्तिनास्तीति सो ऽन्यो वा बद्धो मुक्तो गतःस्थितः / नैर्हेतुकात्त्वनिर्देश्यादहस्तस्मिन्न विद्यते

Transliteration

astināstīti so 'nyo vā baddho mukto gataḥsthitaḥ / nairhetukāttvanirdeśyādahastasminna vidyate

Translation

‘আছে’ ‘নেই’, ‘অন্য’—এমন; ‘বন্ধ’ ‘মুক্ত’, ‘গেছে’ ‘স্থিত’—এ সব কথাই তাতে খাটে না। কারণ তা কারণহীন ও অবর্ণনীয়; তাতে কোনো ‘হস্ত’ (ধরা/আধার) নেই।

Word by Word

अस्तिexists

नास्तिdoes not exist

इतिthus

सःhe/that (one)

अन्यःother/different

वाor

बद्धःbound

मुक्तःliberated

गतःgone

स्थितःstanding/abiding

नैः-हेतुकात्because it is causeless

तुbut/indeed

अनिर्देश्यात्because it is indescribable

अहस्तस्मिन्in the handless (one)

नnot

विद्यतेis found/exists