tattva-vit

नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः

tattva — of the truth

What is not, never comes to be; what is, never ceases to be. Those who see the truth have seen the end of both.

तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः

tattva-vit — the knower of the Truth

One who knows the truth about the strands and their workings, mighty-armed one — knowing that it is the strands acting upon the strands — is not caught.

तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया

tat — the Truth

Learn it by bowing down, by asking, by serving. Those who know will teach you.

नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्

tattva-vit — one who knows the truth

One who knows the truth thinks, “I do nothing at all” — while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping, breathing,

अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्

tattva-jñāna — knowledge of spiritual principles

constancy in knowledge of the self, and looking toward what knowledge is for — all this is called knowledge; what is otherwise is ignorance.

संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम्

tattvam — the truth

I wish to understand the truth of renunciation, mighty-armed one, and of letting go — and how they differ.