सिद्धिः स्यात्स्वात्मलाभश्चेद्यत्नस्तत्र निरर्थकः । सर्वलोकप्रसिद्धत्वात्स्वहेतुभ्यस्तु वस्तुनः ॥
siddhiḥ syātsvātmalābhaścedyatnastatra nirarthakaḥ | sarvalokaprasiddhatvātsvahetubhyastu vastunaḥ ||
If establishment were coming into existence, effort there would be pointless; for it is known to all the world that a thing [comes into being] from its own causes.
यदि सिद्धि अस्तित्व में आना होती, तो उसके लिए प्रयत्न व्यर्थ होता; क्योंकि सारा संसार जानता है कि वस्तु अपने कारणों से [उत्पन्न होती है]।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
A step in a technical argument about terms: proving something is different from producing it.
शब्दों पर एक तकनीकी तर्क का कदम: किसी चीज़ को सिद्ध करना उसे उत्पन्न करने से अलग है।
Shankaracharya rules out the second meaning: if 'establishment' meant coming into existence, the effort [of proving] would be pointless, since everyone knows things come into being from their own causes.