अनुभूतेर्वेदनस्य प्रतिपत्तेर्यथाभिधम् । प्रत्यक्षमिति नामेह कृतं जीवः स एव नः ॥ १८ ॥
anubhūtērvēdanasya pratipattēryathābhidham | pratyakṣamiti nāmēha kṛtaṁ jīvaḥ sa ēva naḥ || 18 ||
Translation
To experience, knowing and apprehension, according to their names, the name "perception" has been given here; and that is our jīva.
Word by word
- anubhūtēr
- (anubhūteḥ) to experience
- vēdanasya
- to knowing
- pratipattēr
- (pratipatteḥ) to apprehension
- yathābhidham
- according to their names
- pratyakṣam
- perception
- iti
- "
- nāma
- the name
- iha
- here
- kṛtaṁ
- has been given
- jīvaḥ
- jīva
- sa
- (saḥ) that
- ēva
- indeed
- naḥ
- our
Meaning
The commentary: in the world of practice, the name "perception" is given to what the words experience, knowing and apprehension name, and that is the witness itself, which is called the jīva because it holds the breath. The turn is bold. Perception is not finally an act of the eyes; it is the witnessing awareness, and that awareness is what each of us calls himself.