Bhāṣya
; ; — । , ।
In plain words
An objection is raised: if non-duality is the ultimate truth and this entire universe is merely a projection of nescience—as scripture clearly establishes—then why does the world continue to appear even after the subating knowledge has arisen? Surely, once a shell is truly known, the illusion of silver no longer persists. The answer is given: through scriptural declarations such as 'Not this, not this, for there is nothing higher than this' and 'There is nothing diverse here,' taken together with great pronouncements like 'That thou art,' an unmistakable, uncontradicted realization of non-duality dawns, precisely through the dissolution of the phenomenal world. Nor can it be argued that this knowledge is contradicted by the continued perception of the world, for this knowledge arises only through the very dissolution of that world.
Close to the Sanskrit
Now then, if non-duality is ultimately real and the phenomenal universe is manifested by false knowledge, as ascertained by the import of the Veda, how is there a persistence of the phenomenal universe even when subating knowledge is present? For the illusion of silver and the like does not continue when correct knowledge of the shell is present. It is replied: through sentences like 'not this, not this, for there is nothing higher than this' and 'there is nothing diverse here', accompanied by sentences such as 'that thou art', unambiguous and unsubated knowledge of non-duality arises precisely through the dissolution of the universe. Nor is it proper to say that it is subated by the perception of the universe, because it arises through the very dissolution of that universe.