असदेव सदाकारं संकल्पेन्दुर्यथा न सन् । तमेव भावयन् द्रष्टृदृश्यरूपतया स्थितः ॥ २० ॥
asadēva sadākāraṁ saṁkalpēnduryathā na san | tamēva bhāvayan draṣṭṛdṛśyarūpatayā sthitaḥ || 20 ||
Translation
Unreal, yet always of real form, as a moon of fancy is not real; imagining just that, it stands as seer and seen.
Word by word
- asad
- (asat) unreal
- ēva
- yet
- sadā
- always
- ākāraṁ
- of form
- sat
- real
- saṁkalpa
- of fancy
- indur
- (induḥ) a moon
- yathā
- as
- na
- not
- san
- real
- tam
- that
- bhāvayan
- imagining
- draṣṭṛ
- as seer
- dṛśya
- and seen
- rūpatayā
- in the form
- sthitaḥ
- it stands
Meaning
The commentary: as a moon imagined is not real, so what it imagines is not real in its own nature, yet appears real; by imagining that, it stands as seer and seen. The single spark divides itself in its own thought into one who looks and what is looked at.