तस्माच्चित्तविकल्पस्थपिशाचो बालकं यथा । विनिहन्त्येवमप्येतं द्रष्टारं दृश्यरूपिका ॥ ४६ ॥
tasmāccittavikalpasthapiśācō bālakaṁ yathā | vinihantyēvamapyētaṁ draṣṭāraṁ dṛśyarūpikā || 46 ||
Translation
So, as a ghoul that stands in the mind's imagining kills a child, this seen, a demoness, kills the seer.
Word by word
- tasmāc
- (tasmāt) so
- citta
- of the mind
- vikalpa
- in the imagining
- stha
- that stands
- piśācō
- (piśācaḥ) a ghoul
- bālakaṁ
- a child
- yathā
- as
- vinihanti
- kills
- ēvam
- so
- api
- too
- ētaṁ
- this
- draṣṭāraṁ
- seer
- dṛśya
- the seen
- rūpikā
- a demoness
Meaning
The commentary: as a goblin imagined by the mind kills a child, so the seen, the rūpikā, kills the seer, that is, drives him from his own nature. A note explains rūpikā: female goblins who take a woman's form to bewitch men and then kill them. The seen is beautiful, and that is the danger: it charms the seer away from himself.