यथा रसः पदार्थेषु यथा तैलं तिलादिषु । कुसुमेषु यथाऽऽमोदस्तथा द्रष्टरि दृश्यधीः ॥ ४३ ॥
yathā rasaḥ padārthēṣu yathā tailaṁ tilādiṣu | kusumēṣu yathā’’mōdastathā draṣṭari dṛśyadhīḥ || 43 ||
Translation
As taste is in things, as oil is in sesame and the like, as fragrance is in flowers, so the thought of the seen is in the seer.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- rasaḥ
- taste
- padārthēṣu
- in things
- tailaṁ
- oil
- tila
- in sesame
- ādiṣu
- and the like
- kusumēṣu
- in flowers
- āmōdas
- (āmodaḥ) fragrance
- tathā
- so
- draṣṭari
- in the seer
- dṛśya
- of the seen
- dhīḥ
- the thought
Meaning
The commentary: as taste is in things, oil in sesame and fragrance in flowers, so the thought of the seen is in the seer. Each example is something that cannot be seen from outside and yet is wholly present.