सङ्कल्पनगराकारमेतत् सदपि नैव सत् । अनिर्मितमरागं च एतद्वै चित्रमुत्थितम् ॥ ४१ ॥
saṅkalpanagarākāramētat sadapi naiva sat | anirmitamarāgaṁ ca ētadvai citramutthitam || 41 ||
Translation
This, like a city of fancy, though real is not real at all; unmade and uncoloured, this picture has risen.
Word by word
- saṅkalpa
- of fancy
- nagara
- a city
- ākāram
- like
- ētat
- this
- sad
- (sat) real
- api
- though
- na
- not
- ēva
- at all
- sat
- real
- anirmitam
- unmade
- arāgaṁ
- uncoloured
- ca
- and
- ētad
- (etat) this
- vai
- indeed
- citram
- picture
- utthitam
- has risen
Meaning
The commentary: this world, appearing real like a city made by fancy and daydream, is not real. It is like a picture made by no painter with brush and outer materials, coloured with no colours, built only by an effort of mind: a picture risen of itself. Another commentary: like a picture without the substance of paint. A picture with no paint and no painter: whatever is seen is only seeing.