जगत्यपिण्डग्राहेऽस्मिन् सङ्कल्पनगरोपमे । मरौ सरिदिवाऽऽभाति दृश्यता भ्रान्तिरूपिणी ॥ ८ ॥
jagatyapiṇḍagrāhē’smin saṅkalpanagarōpamē | marau saridivā’’bhāti dṛśyatā bhrāntirūpiṇī || 8 ||
Translation
In this world, which is not to be taken as solid, like a city of fancy, seenness, whose form is error, appears as a river in the desert.
Word by word
- jagati
- world
- apiṇḍa
- not as solid
- grāhē
- to be taken
- asmin
- in this
- saṅkalpa
- of fancy
- nagara
- a city
- upamē
- like
- marau
- in the desert
- sarid
- (sarit) a river
- iva
- as
- ābhāti
- appears
- dṛśyatā
- seenness
- bhrānti
- error
- rūpiṇī
- whose form is
Meaning
The commentary: as a river appears in the desert, which is a form of error, so in this formless world, like a city built by fancy, seenness appears through error. It is not that things are seen and also unreal; seenness itself, the being-an-object, is the mirage.