स्थावराणां हि यद्रूपं तच्चेद्बोधमयं भवेत् । मनोबुद्ध्यादिनिर्मुक्तं तत्परेणोपमीयते ॥ ५३ ॥
sthāvarāṇāṁ hi yadrūpaṁ taccēdbōdhamayaṁ bhavēt | manōbuddhyādinirmuktaṁ tatparēṇōpamīyatē || 53 ||
Translation
The form that unmoving things have, if it were made of understanding, freed from mind, intellect and the rest, could be compared to the Supreme.
Word by word
- sthāvarāṇāṁ
- that unmoving things have
- hi
- indeed
- yad
- (yat) which
- rūpaṁ
- the form
- tac
- (tat) that
- cēd
- (cet) if
- bōdha
- of understanding
- mayaṁ
- made
- bhavēt
- it were
- manō
- (manaḥ) mind
- buddhi
- intellect
- ādi
- and the rest
- nirmuktaṁ
- freed from
- tat
- it
- parēṇa
- to the Supreme
- upamīyatē
- could be compared
Meaning
The fourteenth pointer, given as a comparison. The commentary: the form of unmoving things (stones, mountains, trees), empty of mind and intellect, an unmoving nature: if that became made of understanding, endowed with awareness, then it could be compared with the Supreme Self, free of mind, intellect and the rest, whose form is awareness. A stone is still and has no mind, but it is dull; add awareness to the stone's stillness and you have a likeness of That.