samkhya sutra,-Vishayadhyaya, (S.-1, Ch.-1, V.-2) |
न दृष्टात् तत्सिद्धिः, निवृत्ते ऽप्यनुवृत्ति दर्शनात् । |
na dṛṣṭāt tatsiddhiḥ, nivṛtte 'pyanuvṛtti darśanāt । |
Freedom is not by seeing |
na = not; dṛṣṭāt = that which is seen, from visible objects, known; tat-siddhiḥ = that – accomplishing, that achievement; nivṛtte = on getting rid of pain (or attachment), after freedom from pain; api = even; anuvṛtti = to regain ( the pain); darśanāt = by observing, seeing. |
Mere seeing [of matter in the world] does not end these three sufferings.
____James R. Ballantyne, London 1885_____ The effectuation of this (complete cessation of pain) is not (to be expected) by means of the visible [such as wealth, etc.]; for we see [on the loss of wealth, etc.] the restoration [of the misery and evil,] after [its temporary] cessation.
By seeing visible matter or by using visual means one cannot get rid of disease or suffering. Alleviating symptoms is not the same thing as getting rid of the cause of a disease. The time scale here is the scale of an entire life - all of the past, present and future of a life. Drstat means by observing or seeing something that actually physically exists.