231. The scripture (Atharva Veda) asserts that this world is Brahman.What you impute to anything by superscription does not make it different from the basic thing.This world must therefore be seen, not as the world but as Brahman.
sÏy|    y¢d    ÞyaÇjgdEtdaÏmna    n    tÏvha¢n¢nIgmap#maNta    ,
AsÏyva¢dÏvmp£¢St¤:    Þya°WtæOy|    saD¤    ¢ht|    mhaÏmnam¯    ,   232 ,  

sÏy|

truthful

y¢d

hence

ÞyaÇjgdEtdaÏmna

if the universe,as it is,there would be no cessation ofthe dualistic element

n   tÏvha¢n¢nIgmap#maNta.

the scriptures would be falsified

AsÏyva¢dÏvmp£¢St¤:

and the Lord Himself would be guilty of an untruth

Þya

none

°WtæOy|

of these three

saD¤¢ht|

is considered either desirable

mhaÏmnam¯

or wholesome by the nobleminded.

 
232.  If the world is real, then the scriptures and the seers become false.
iIáraE    vÞt¤tÏvåOaE    n    cah|    tEÝvv¢ÞTt:    ,
n    c    mÏÞya¢n    B¥tan£ÏyEvmEv    Ûyc£kql¦pt¯    ,   233   ,  

iIáraE

The Lord

vÞt¤tÏvåOaE  n

who knows the secret of all things

cah|

I am

tEÝvv¢ÞTt:

not in them

n   c  mÏÞya¢n

nor are the beings in Me

B¥tan£ÏyEvmEv

has supported this view

Ûyc£kql¦pt¯

in the words

 
233.   The Lord said: `I am not in the elements, nor are they in me. Composed of elements, the world cannot be true.
y¢d    sÏy|    BvE¢¹á|    s¤x¤çOav¤pl×ytam¯    ,
y°aEpl×ytE    ¢k¢·dtaE{st¯Þvp"vÓm¦xa    ,   234   ,  

y¢d

if

sÏy|

be true

BvE¢¹á|

the universe

s¤x¤çOav¤pl×ytam¯

let it then be perceived in the state of deep sleep also.

y°aEpl×ytE

as it is not at all perceived

¢k¢·dtaE{st¯Þvp"vÓm¦xa

it must be unreal and false, like dreams

234.  If the world is real it should be perceived in deep sleep also, but this is not so.Therrefore it is false lke a dream.

At:    p¦THqna¢Þt    jgÏpraÏmn:  p¦Tkqp#t£¢tÞt¤    m¦xa    g¤Na¢dvt¯    ,
AaraE¢ptÞya¢Ót    ¢kmTIväOa{¢D¿anmaBa¢t    tTa    B#mEN    ,   235   ,  

At:

therefore

p¦THqna¢Þt

does not exist

jgÏpraÏmn:

the universe, apart from the Supreme Self

p¦Tkqp#t£¢tÞt¤

and the perception of its separateness

m¦xa

is false

g¤Na¢dvt¯

like the qualities (of blueness etc., in the sky)

AaraE¢ptÞya¢Ót

a superimposed attribute any meaning

¢kmTIväOa{

is there anything?

¢D¿anmaBa¢t

it is the subtratum which appears

tTa

like that

B#mEN

through delution

 
235.  What appears is not real. The basis is true, but appearance comes through ignorance.  
  B#aÓtÞy    yïdqB#mt:    p#t£t|
b#'Wv    täOd#jt|    ¢h    S¤¢³:    ,
id|tya    b#'    sdWv    ãÔytE
ÏvaraE¢pt|    b#'a¢N    nammaæOm¯    ,   236   ,  

B#aÓtÞy

a deluded man

yïdqB#mt:

whatever perceives through

p#t£t|

mistake is

b#'Wv

Brahman and Brahman alone.

täOd#jt|

the silver is nothing

¢h   S¤¢³:

but the mother of pearl.

id|tya

it is

b#'	Brahman which is

sdWv

always

ãÔytE

considered

ÏvaraE¢pt|

as this universe

b#'a¢N

whereas that which is superimposed on Brahman, viz. the universe

nammaæOm¯

is merely a name

 
236.  Silver appears in the mother-of -pearl, so does everything appear in the Atman. The appearance is ignorance, the basis is the Atman.  
At:    pr|    b#'    sd¢¹¢ty|     ¢vS¤ÑG¢våOanGn|    ¢nr¸nm¯    ,
p#SaÓtmaïÓt¢vh£nm¢@y|     ¢nrÓtranÓdrsÞvâpm¯    ,   237   ,
¢nrÞtmayak]tsvIBEd|     ¢nÏy|    s¤K|    ¢nÝklmp#mEym¯    ,
AãpmÛy³mnaÁymÛyy|     ÇyaE¢t:    Þvy|    ¢k¢·¢dd|    cka¢Þt , 238,   

At:   pr|

hence

b#'	the Supreme Brahman Itself

sd¢¹¢ty|

the Real,the One without a second

¢vS¤ÑG¢våOanGn|

pure, the essence of knowledge

¢nr¸nm¯

taintless

p#SaÓtmaïÓt¢vh£nm¢@y|

serene,devoid of beginning and end, beyond activity

¢nrÓtranÓdrsÞvâpm¯

the essence of Bliss Absolute

¢nrÞtmayak]tsvIBEd|

transcending all the diversities created by Maya or nescience

¢nÏy|

eternal

s¤K|	ever beyond the reach of pain

¢nÝklmp#mEym¯

indivisible, immeasurable

AãpmÛy³mnaÁymÛyy|

formless,undifferentiated

ÇyaE¢t:

this luminous

Þvy|

self

¢k¢·¢dd|

is manifested

cka¢Þt

that shines

 
237.  Therefore the Supreme Soul alone is real, pure consciousness, without beginning or end, beyond action, always blissful.

238.  The Atman ever exists, dispelling all destructions created by Maya, unchanging with no name or form, endless and self-conscious.

åOat¦åOEyåOanS¥ÓymnÓt|    ¢n¢vIkÚpkm¯    ,
kEvlaKÎf¢cÓmaæO|    pr|    tÏv|    ¢vѤb¤IDa:    ,   239   ,  

åOat¦åOEyåOanS¥ÓymnÓt|

there is no differentiation of knower, knowledge, and known

¢n¢vIkÚpkm¯

which is infinite

kEvlaKÎf¢cÓmaæO|

transcendent, and the

pr|   tÏv|

Essence of Knowledge Absolute

¢vѤb¤IDa:

sages realize

 
239.  The Atman exists as one unchanging consciousness beyond the knower, the known and knowledge.
AhEymn¤padEy|    mnaEvacamgaEcrm¯    ,
Ap#mEymnaïÓt|    b#'    p¥NImh|    mh:    ,   240   ,

AhEymn¤padEy|

neither thrown away nor taken up

mnaEvacamgaEcrm¯

which is beyond the raech of mind and speech

Ap#mEymnaïÓt|

immeasurable,without beginning and end

b#'	one's very Self

p¥NImh|

the Whole

mh:	and of surpassing glory.

 
240.  Know that to be your own Self which is beyond thought and word, perfect but indefinable.