By whose knowledge this universe, born, acts as if it were being born.

Yasya jñānāt: through the knowledge of which. The “which” is cid-ekaghana, the singular mass of consciousness. Jātaṃ jātam iva ācaret: one should act as if born. This iva—as if—is the operative principle of vivarta. The world is not truly born; it is born apparently, prātibhāsika. It acts, functions, and appears real, yet its genesis is āropa, superimposition. The classical metaphor: the actor on the stage “dies” in the scene. Everyone weeps; then he rises and removes his makeup. Did he die? Apparently. Did he resurrect? Apparently. The drama is real as experience, unreal as event. Thus is the world: real as vyavahāra, unreal as paramārtha. The sādhaka who comprehends this can participate fully in life without being bound by it. One can “die” in the drama of the world knowing that one does not die. One can “suffer” knowing that suffering is pratibhāsa. This is not indifference; it is sāmya, equanimity born of correct knowledge.