पल्लवान्तरलेखौघसन्निवेशवदाततम् । अन्यानन्यात्मकमिदं धत्तेऽन्तश्चित्स्वभावतः ॥ ८१ ॥
pallavāntaralēkhaughasannivēśavadātatam | anyānanyātmakamidaṁ dhattē’ntaścitsvabhāvataḥ || 81 ||
Translation
Spread out like the many lines arranged within a leaf, this, other and not other, awareness holds within, by its own nature.
Word by word
- pallava
- a leaf
- antara
- within
- lēkhā
- lines
- ōgha
- many
- sannivēśa
- arranged
- vad
- (vat) like
- ātatam
- spread out
- anya
- other
- ananya
- and not other
- ātmakam
- in nature
- idaṁ
- this
- dhattē
- holds
- antaś
- (antaḥ) within
- cit
- awareness
- svabhāvataḥ
- by its own nature
Meaning
The commentary: if so, how does the unreal world appear in awareness? As a leaf holds within it rows of veins spread out, so awareness by its own nature holds within it this world, other than it and not other. The veins are the leaf's own pattern, not lines drawn on it from outside; seen one way they are distinct, seen another they are just the leaf.