नौयाने लोलशैलाभं सत्यलाभविवर्जितम् । चित्तभ्रमपिशाचाभं निर्बीजमपि भासुरम् ॥ २० ॥
nauyānē lōlaśailābhaṁ satyalābhavivarjitam | cittabhramapiśācābhaṁ nirbījamapi bhāsuram || 20 ||
- Another reading: नौयानलोलशैलाभं (nauyānalōlaśailābhaṁ) for नौयाने लोलशैलाभं
Translation
like mountains that seem to move on a boat's passage, without any real gain, like a ghost of the mind's confusion, shining though it has no seed,
Word by word
- nauyānē
- on a boat’s passage
- lōla
- that seem to move
- śaila
- mountains
- ābhaṁ
- like
- satya
- real
- lābha
- gain
- vivarjitam
- without any
- citta
- of the mind
- bhrama
- of the confusion
- piśāca
- a ghost
- nirbījam
- though it has no seed
- api
- though
- bhāsuram
- shining
Meaning
From a moving boat the hills on the bank seem to go by. The commentary explains the seedless shining: the seed of the world, māyā, is unreal, and the Self is without change, so the world has no seed; yet it shines. That is the puzzle of appearance the third book takes up.