Upaniṣads · Varāha 2.22
॥
Devanāgarī
अज्ञस्य दुःखौघमयं ज्ञस्यानन्दमयं जगत् । अन्धं भुवनमन्धस्य प्रकाशं तु सुचक्षुषाम्
Transliteración (IAST)
ajñasya duḥkhaughamayaṃ jñasyānandamayaṃ jagat | andhaṃ bhuvanamandhasya prakāśaṃ tu sucakṣuṣām
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SánscritoIASTSignificado
अ-ज्ञस्य दुःख-ओघ-मयंa-jñasya duḥkha-ogha-mayaṃfor the ignorant, full of the flood of suffering
ज्ञस्य आनन्द-मयं जगत्jñasya ānanda-mayaṃ jagatfor the knowing, full of bliss — the world
अन्धं भुवनम् अन्धस्यandhaṃ bhuvanam andhasyadark is the world for the blind
प्रकाशं तु सु-चक्षुषाम्prakāśaṃ tu su-cakṣuṣāmshining, however, for those with good eyes
Traducción
"For the ignorant, the world is full of the flood of suffering; for the knowing, full of bliss; dark the world is for the blind, shining, however, for those with good eyes."
Versión
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This verse is excellent, and deserves noting, for it says something the Vaishnava side accepts without any reservation. It is said: the world is one, and it is seen differently. That is, the difference is placed not in the world, but in the one looking; and the comparison with the blind man, given four verses above, is repeated here and carried to its conclusion.
Worth noting is that, read this way, the world is not cancelled: it is called neither suffering nor bliss in itself; it is called what it is seen as, one way or another. This consideration is, in my view, more precise than what the book stated in the eleventh verse ("the world does not exist"), and it does not agree with it. The Vaishnava side holds this position and states it in its list of the three grades of devotee, discussed when reading the Bhasma-jabala (4.53).
The highest, uttama, is described there as sarva-bhuteshu yah pashyed bhagavad-bhavam atmanah, "one who sees the presence of the Lord in all beings" (Bhagavatam 11.2.45); and the world does not vanish in this — it becomes inhabited. Let us add what follows from this for everyday practice. If the world is seen according to the one looking, then what must be changed is the sight, not the circumstances; and anyone who has changed circumstances and found the same troubles in the new ones knows this is true.