पिण्डग्रहो जगत्यस्मिन् विज्ञानाकाशरूपिणि । मरुनद्यां जलमिव न सम्भवति कुत्रचित् ॥ ७ ॥
piṇḍagrahō jagatyasmin vijñānākāśarūpiṇi | marunadyāṁ jalamiva na sambhavati kutracit || 7 ||
Translation
Taking it as solid is nowhere possible in this world, whose form is the space of knowing, as water in a desert river.
Word by word
- piṇḍa
- as solid
- grahō
- (grahaḥ) taking it
- jagati
- world
- asmin
- in this
- vijñāna
- of knowing
- ākāśa
- the space
- rūpiṇi
- whose form is
- maru
- desert
- nadyāṁ
- in a river
- jalam
- water
- iva
- as
- na
- not
- sambhavati
- is possible
- kutracit
- anywhere
Meaning
The commentary: as water is never possible in the river of a mirage, so in this world, whose form is the space of awareness, the taking of form, of solidity, is never possible. Piṇḍa-graha, "grasping a lump", is the mind's habit of feeling things as solid bodies.