Verse 2.130

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

ननु सत्यमनन्तं च कथं सम्यक्प्रतीयते ।
देशकालादिहेतुत्वात्तदिदानीं विभाव्यते ॥ १३० ॥

nanu satyamanantaṃ ca kathaṃ samyakpratīyate |
deśakālādihetutvāttadidānīṃ vibhāvyate || 130 ||

English translation of verse 2.130:

If it be asked how Brahman is clearly known to be real as well as infinite, (the reply is:) because it is the cause of space, time, etc. It will be explained now (in the sequel).

Notes:

It may be argued that Brahman, in so far as it is differentiated as an object from other objects, must be considered to be limited or finite. Whatever is finite is not real; and since Brahman is finite, it is not real. If it is not real, so it may be argued, it is insentient (jaḍa). If so, how could it be said that Brahman is real, knowledge, and infinite?

This argument will not do. Since Brahman is the cause of the world, it is not limited by space (deśa) or time (kāla) or object (vastu).

That is to say, it is infinite; and from this it follows that it is real and also consciousness. While the critic argues that Brahman is not real and consciousness proceeding on the wrong assumption that it is limited, the Advaitin maintains that Brahman is real and consciousness, since it is infinite.