जीवश्चित्तपरिस्पन्दः पुंसां चित्तं स एव च । मनस्त्विन्द्रियरूपं सत्सत्तां नानेव गच्छति ॥ ५८ ॥
jīvaścittaparispandaḥ puṁsāṁ cittaṁ sa ēva ca | manastvindriyarūpaṁ satsattāṁ nānēva gacchati || 58 ||
Translation
The jīva is the stirring of mind, and people's mind is just that; and mind, being of the form of the senses, goes as if to many beings.
Word by word
- jīvaś
- (jīvaḥ) the jīva
- citta
- of mind
- parispandaḥ
- the stirring
- puṁsāṁ
- of people
- cittaṁ
- mind
- sa
- (saḥ) that
- ēva
- just
- ca
- and
- manas
- (manaḥ) mind
- tu
- and
- indriya
- of the senses
- rūpaṁ
- form
- sat
- being
- sattāṁ
- to beings
- nānā
- many
- iva
- as if
- gacchati
- goes
Meaning
The commentary: in mind, the senses and the rest there is no difference made by the jīva, for the jīva's adjunct, mind, becomes the senses by the difference of the sense-seats (eyes, ears, nose). The jīva is the movement of mind, and mind too is resolve; mind becomes many by the difference of those seats. "As if": the many are one mind looking out through several doors.