अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना ॥ २८ ॥
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyaktamadhyāni bhārata .
avyaktanidhanānyeva tatra kā paridevanā .. 28 ..
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The origin—prior to manifestation—of beings such as sons and friends, who are mere combinations of material elements correlated as causes and effects, is non-perception (avyakta). And having come into existence, their middle state—previous to death—is perceived. Again their end is non-perception : after death, they become unperceived again. Thus it is said :
“He has come from non-perception (the unseen) and has gone back to non-perception (the unseen). He is not thine, nor thou his. What is this vain lamentation for?” (Mahābh. Strīparva, 2-13)
About these mere illusions—first unseen, then seen, and again unseen—what occasion is there for any lamentation?
The Self just spoken of is very difficult to realise. Why am I to blame you alone while the cause, viz., illusion, is common to all? One may ask : how is it that the Self is difficult to realise? The Lord says :