Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga, verse 16
नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः।
उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ॥
Say itnāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ
ubhayorapi dṛiṣhṭo ’nta stvanayos tattva-darśhibhiḥ
Translation
The unreal has no being; there is no non-being of the real; the truth about both has been seen by the knowers of the truth (or the seers of the essence).
Swami Sivananda
There is no being of the unreal; the real has no non-existence. Yet, the nature of both has been realized by the seers of Truth.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
The unreal never comes into being, the real never ceases to be. The truth about these two is seen by the seers.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Birth does not happen to what is non-existent, and destruction to what is existent; the finality of these two has been seen by the seers of reality.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
That which is not shall never be; that which is shall never cease to be. These truths are self-evident to the wise.
Shri Purohit Swami
(टिप्पणी प0 55) असत् का तो भाव (सत्ता) विद्यमान नहीं है और सत् का अभाव विद्यमान नहीं है, तत्त्वदर्शी महापुरुषोंने इन दोनोंका ही अन्त अर्थात् तत्त्व देखा है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
असत् वस्तु का तो अस्तित्व नहीं है और सत् का कभी अभाव नहीं है। इस प्रकार इन दोनों का ही तत्त्व, तत्त्वदर्शी ज्ञानी पुरुषों के द्वारा देखा गया है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.