Stanzas on the Divine Pulsation · 1.13

Stanzas on the Divine Pulsation 1.13

1.13
अतस्तत्कृत्रिमं ज्ञेयं सौषुप्तपदवत्सदा । न त्वेवं स्मर्यमाणत्वं तत्तत्त्वं प्रतिपद्यते ॥१३॥
atas tat-kṛtrimaṃ jñeyaṃ sauṣupta-padavat sadā | na tv evaṃ smaryamāṇatvaṃ tat-tattvaṃ pratipadyate ||
anuṣṭubh
— therefore ; — that (state of void) ; — artificial / fabricated ; — to be known ; — like the state of deep sleep ; — always ; — but not ; — thus, in this way ; — the being-remembered (i.e., being object of memory) ; — that Reality ; — is attained, is recognized as

Therefore that (void) is to be regarded as something fabricated, like the state of deep sleep; the true Reality does not attain to such a state of being a mere object of memory.