Tattva Bodhaतत्त्वबोधः
Tattva Bodha · passage 3
Discernment of the real
नित्यानित्यवस्तुविवेकः कः? नित्यवस्त्वेकं ब्रह्म तद्व्यतिरिक्तं सर्वमनित्यम् । अयमेव नित्यानित्यवस्तुविवेकः ।
nityānityavastuvivekaḥ kaḥ? nityavastvekaṃ brahma tadvyatiriktaṃ sarvamanityam | ayameva nityānityavastuvivekaḥ |
What is discernment between the lasting and the unlasting? Brahman alone is the lasting reality; all else apart from it is unlasting. This seeing, just this, is that discernment.
In plain words
What is discrimination between the eternal and the non-eternal? Brahman alone is eternal; everything other than Brahman is non-eternal. This understanding itself is that discrimination.
The terms set down here
- viveka
- brahman