येन जिघ्रति तद् घ्राणं स स्वमात्मनि पश्यति । तत्तस्य स्वदनं पश्चाद्रसना चोल्लसिष्यति ॥ ३० ॥
yēna jighrati tad ghrāṇaṁ sa svamātmani paśyati | tattasya svadanaṁ paścādrasanā cōllasiṣyati || 30 ||
Translation
That by which it smells is the nose, and it sees itself in itself; then its tasting, afterwards, will shine forth as the tongue.
Word by word
- yēna
- that by which
- jighrati
- it smells
- tad
- (tat) that
- ghrāṇaṁ
- the nose
- sa
- (saḥ) it
- svam
- itself
- ātmani
- in itself
- paśyati
- sees
- tat
- then
- tasya
- its
- svadanaṁ
- tasting
- paścād
- (paścāt) afterwards
- rasanā
- the tongue
- ca
- and
- ullasiṣyati
- will shine forth
Meaning
The commentary: that by which it smells is called the nose; it sees itself in itself, it makes these its own and experiences itself in them; and what tastes will later be the tongue. Another commentary: making the sense its own, it sees itself. "It sees itself in itself": each faculty is still awareness meeting awareness.