एकदेशसमर्थत्वादुपमेयावबोधनम् । उपमानं करोत्यङ्ग दीपोऽर्थप्रभया यथा ॥ ६६ ॥
ēkadēśasamarthatvādupamēyāvabōdhanam | upamānaṁ karōtyaṅga dīpō’rthaprabhayā yathā || 66 ||
Translation
Being effective in one part, the comparison makes the thing compared understood, dear one, as a lamp does by the light it throws on things.
Word by word
- ēkadēśa
- in one part
- samarthatvād
- being effective
- upamēya
- the thing compared
- avabōdhanam
- understood
- upamānaṁ
- the comparison
- karōti
- makes
- aṅga
- dear one
- dīpō
- (dīpaḥ) a lamp
- artha
- on things
- prabhayā
- by the light
- yathā
- as
Meaning
The commentary gives the familiar case: 'the gem is like a lamp' makes the gem known through the lamp's light alone. Nobody concludes the gem burns oil.