पाञ्चालिका यथा भित्तौ सर्वेन्द्रियसमन्विताः । अमूरशक्ताः कार्येषु तथान्ये मन्त्रराशयः ॥ १६ ॥
pāñcālikā yathā bhittau sarvēndriyasamanvitāḥ | amūraśaktāḥ kāryēṣu tathānyē mantrarāśayaḥ || 16 ||
Translation
As figures painted on a wall, though they have every sense organ, cannot act, so are the other hosts of mantras.
Word by word
- pāñcālikā
- figures, dolls
- yathā
- as
- bhittau
- on a wall
- sarvēndriyasamanvitāḥ
- having all the sense organs
- amūraśaktāḥ
- these are unable
- kāryēṣu
- to act
- tathānyē
- so the other
- mantrarāśayaḥ
- hosts of mantras
Meaning
Pāñcālikā is glossed as a figure made of cloth, ivory and the like: it has eyes and hands but cannot use them. So the mantras outside the Tantras cannot accomplish their work in the Kali age.