न निरोधो न चोत्पत्ति - र्न बन्धो न च साधकः । न मुमुक्षुर्न वै मुक्त इत्येषा परमार्थता ॥ ५७५ ॥
na nirodho na cotpatti - rna bandho na ca sādhakaḥ ; na mumukṣurna vai mukta ityeṣā paramārthatā . 575 .
Anvaya
अतःataḥ
Hence
तौ बन्ध–मोक्षौtau bandha–mokṣau
these bondage and liberation
मायया कॢप्तौmāyayā kḷptau
are conjured up by māyā
न चna ca
and they are not
आत्मनिātmani
in the Atman
निष्कलेniṣkale
in the part–less
निष्क्रियेniṣkriye
action–less
शान्तेśānte
tranquil
निरवद्येniravadye
blame–less
निरञ्जनेnirañjane
devoid of attachment
अद्वितीयेadvitīye
non–dual
परे तत्त्वेpare tattve
Supreme Reality
व्योम–वत्vyoma–vat
like the space
कल्पना कुतःkalpanā kutaḥ
where is the scope for such visualisation?
Translation
In terms of Absolute Reality, there is no resolution, no creation, none who is bound and none who is a seeker. There is no aspirant for liberation and none who is liberated.
Annotation
This is a verse repeated from the Amrita–bindu Upanishad (verse 10) by Sri Gaudapada in his Karika–s (2–32) on the Mandukya Upanishad. This is the final word of Advaita Vedanta. Expressions such as seeker, liberation etc., are all relative terms. When creation itself is said to be an illusion, there is no one who is bound or liberated in real terms.