Stanzas on the Divine Pulsation · 1.5

Stanzas on the Divine Pulsation 1.5

1.5
न दुःखं न सुखं यत्र न ग्राह्यं ग्राहकं न च । न चास्ति मूढभावोऽपि तदस्ति परमार्थतः ॥५॥
na duḥkhaṃ na sukhaṃ yatra na grāhyaṃ grāhakaṃ na ca | na cāsti mūḍha-bhāvo 'pi tad asti paramārthataḥ ||
anuṣṭubh
— not (negation) ; — pain ; — not ; — pleasure ; — in which (state) ; — not ; — object of cognition ; — cognizing subject ; — and not ; — nor is there ; — state of stupor/insentience ; — even ; — that (state, the Spanda principle) ; — exists ; — in highest truth

That alone exists in highest truth in which there is no pain, no pleasure, no object, no subject — not even a state of stupor.