Dasakam 098 - Sloka 06

सत्त्वेनासत्तया वा न च खलु सदसत्त्वेन निर्वाच्यरूपा धत्ते यासावविद्या गुणफणिमतिवद्विश्वदृश्यावभासम् । विद्यात्वं सैव याता श्रुतिवचनलवैर्यत्कृपास्यन्दलाभे संसारारण्यसद्यस्त्रुटनपरशुतामेति तस्मै नमस्ते ॥६॥

सत्त्वेन-असत्तया वाby existing or non existingन च खलु सदसत्त्वेनand not indeed by (both) existing and nonexistingनिर्वाच्यरूपा धत्तेinexplicable causesया-असौ-अविद्याwhich this Avidyaa (ignorance)गुण-फणि-मति-वत्-rope snake concept likeविश्व-दृश्य-अवभासम्the universe projection appearanceविद्यात्वं सा-एव याताbecoming Vidyaa (knowledge) that itself becomesश्रुति-वचन-लवै:-with some few statements of Vedasयत्-कृपा-स्यन्द-लाभेwhich along with the grace stream gettingसंसार-अरण्य-सद्य:-the world forest quicklyत्रुटन-परशुताम्-एतिto cut, an axe becomesto That Thee salutations

Avidyaa, ignorance, which cannot be described as existent or non existent or even both, projects the objective world, just as a rope is projected as a snake. When Avidyaa gets transformed into Vidyaa as a result of God's grace flowing like a stream, coupled with hearing of some statements of the scriptures, it becomes the axe which cuts the forest of the objective world. O Lord! to That Thee salutations.