योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 133
यथा सलिलचाञ्चल्यं मन्यन्ते तद्गते विधौ । तथैव बुद्धेश्चाञ्चल्यं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यकोविदाः ॥ १३३ ॥
yathā salilacāñcalyaṁ manyantē tadgatē vidhau | tathaiva buddhēścāñcalyaṁ paśyantyātmanyakōvidāḥ || 133 ||
Translation
As people ascribe the water's trembling to the moon in it, so the unwise see the restlessness of the intellect in the Ātman.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- salila
- of the water
- cāñcalyaṁ
- the trembling
- manyantē
- people ascribe
- tad
- (tat) in it
- gatē
- lying
- vidhau
- to the moon
- tathā
- so
- ēva
- (eva) indeed
- buddhēś
- (buddheḥ) of the intellect
- paśyanti
- see
- ātmani
- (ātmani) in the Ātman
- akōvidāḥ
- the unwise
Meaning
The commentary gives "tadgate vidhau" as the moon lying in the water, and "akovidāḥ" as the unwise. It is a precise image: the moon does not move at all, and what moves is the medium. So with what one takes to be one's own unrest.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Tadgate vidhau: in the moon that lies in the water. Akovidāḥ: the unwise (verses 133 to 140).