द्रष्टाऽथ यदि पाषाणरूपतां भावयन्बलात् । किलाऽऽस्ते तत्तदन्तेऽपि भूयोऽस्योदेति दृश्यता ॥ ३८ ॥
draṣṭā’tha yadi pāṣāṇarūpatāṁ bhāvayanbalāt | kilā’’stē tattadantē’pi bhūyō’syōdēti dṛśyatā || 38 ||
Translation
If the seer, by force, makes himself dwell as a stone, even then, at its end, the seen rises for him again.
Word by word
- draṣṭā
- the seer
- atha
- and
- yadi
- if
- pāṣāṇa
- as a stone
- rūpatāṁ
- the state
- bhāvayan
- makes himself dwell
- balāt
- by force
- kila
- indeed
- āstē
- stays
- tat
- that
- tad
- its
- antē
- at the end
- api
- even
- bhūyō
- (bhūyaḥ) again
- asya
- for him
- udēti
- rises
- dṛśyatā
- the seen
Meaning
The commentary: if the ignorant seer, in trance, dwells by force on a stone-like state free of sorrow, then when the trance ends, at the time of its fruit, the seen returns, and the samādhi in which the Self alone remains is not his. Becoming like a stone is not becoming free; the stone wakes up.