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SB 7.15.63

Devanāgarī

कार्यकारणवस्त्वैक्यदर्शनं पटतन्तुवत् । अवस्तुत्वाद्विकल्पस्य भावाद्वैतं तदुच्यते ॥ ६३ ॥

Text

kārya-kāraṇa-vastv-aikya- darśanaṁ paṭa-tantuvat avastutvād vikalpasya bhāvādvaitaṁ tad ucyate

Synonyms

kārya—the result or effect;kāraṇa—the cause;vastu—substance;aikya—oneness;darśanam—observation;paṭa—the cloth;tantu—the thread;vat—like;avastutvāt—because of being ultimately unreality;vikalpasya—of differentiation;bhāva-advaitam—the conception of oneness;tatucyate—that is called.

Translation

When one understands that result and cause are one and that duality is ultimately unreal, like the idea that the threads of a cloth are different from the cloth itself, one reaches the conception of oneness called bhāvādvaita.

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