SB 12.4.23
Devanāgarī
बुद्धीन्द्रियार्थरूपेण ज्ञानं भाति तदाश्रयम् । दृश्यत्वाव्यतिरेकाभ्यामाद्यन्तवदवस्तु यत् ॥ २३ ॥
Text
buddhīndriyārtha-rūpeṇa jñānaṁ bhāti tad-āśrayam dṛśyatvāvyatirekābhyām ādy-antavad avastu yat
Synonyms
buddhi—of intelligence;indriya—the senses;artha—and the objects of perception;rūpeṇa—in the form;jñānam—the Absolute Truth;bhāti—manifests;tat—of these elements;āśrayam—the basis;dṛśyatva—because of being perceived;avyatirekābhyām—and because of being nondifferent from its own cause;ādi-anta-vat—which has a beginning and an end;avastu—is insubstantial;yat—whatever.
Translation
It is the Absolute Truth alone who manifests in the forms of intelligence, the senses and the objects of sense perception, and who is their ultimate basis. Whatever has a beginning and an end is insubstantial because of being an object perceived by limited senses and because of being nondifferent from its own cause.
