YS III 55

taarakam sarva-viSayaM sarvathaa-viSayam akramaM
ceti (ca+iti) vivekajaM jñaanam

Taimni's translation:

55. The highest knowledge born of the awareness
of Reality (viveka-jaM jñaanam) is transcendent (taarakam),
includes the cognition of all objects simultaneously 
(sarva-viSayam), pertains to all objects and processes
whatsoever in the past, present and future (sarvathaa-viSayam)
and also transcends the World Process (akramam).

Vocabulary:

taarakam           transcendent; that which helps to 'cross over'
                   (the ocean of existence)
sarva-viSayam      cognizing all objects at once or simultaneously
sarvathaa-viSayam  pertaining to all objects whatsoever in the
                   past, present and future; pertaining to all objects
                    and processes and in all time and space
akramam            successionless; orderless; transcending the 
                   World Process
ca                 and ("belongs between" 'sarvathaa-viSayam' and
                   'akramam') 
iti                [thus -- CM]finish; end of anything (here subject)
viveka-jaM jñaanam knowledge born of the awareness of Reality


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