Tattvabodha 1.1

Tattvabodha - Verse 1.1

Sanskrit

नित्यानित्यवस्तुविवेकः कः ? नित्यवस्त्वेकं ब्रह्म तद्व्यतिरिक्तं सर्वमनित्यम् । अयमेव नित्यानित्यवस्तुविवेकः ।

Transliteration

nityānityavastuvivekaḥ kaḥ ? nityavastvekaṃ brahma tadvyatiriktaṃ sarvamanityam . ayameva nityānityavastuvivekaḥ .

Translation

What is the discrimination between the eternal and the non-eternal? Brahman alone is the eternal substance; everything other than that is ephemeral (non-eternal). This alone is the discrimination between the eternal and the non-eternal.

Word-for-Word

nitya-anitya-vastu-vivekaḥ (discrimination between eternal and non-eternal objects) kaḥ (what is?), nitya-vastu-ekaṃ (the one eternal substance is) brahma (Brahman), tad-vyatiriktaṃ (other than/distinct from that) sarvam (everything) anityam (is non-eternal), ayam (this) eva (alone) nitya-anitya-vastu-vivekaḥ (is the discrimination between eternal and non-eternal).

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