वेदनामात्रसंशान्तावीदृशोऽपि न दृश्यते । तस्माद् यथा चिदाकाशस्तथा तत्प्रतिपत्तयः ॥ ४२ ॥
vēdanāmātrasaṁśāntāvīdṛśō’pi na dṛśyatē | tasmād yathā cidākāśastathā tatpratipattayaḥ || 42 ||
Translation
When feeling alone is wholly stilled, even such a form is not seen. Therefore, as the space of awareness is, so are its apprehensions.
Word by word
- vēdanā
- feeling
- mātra
- alone
- saṁśāntau
- when is wholly stilled
- īdṛśō
- (īdṛśaḥ) such a form
- api
- even
- na
- not
- dṛśyatē
- is seen
- tasmād
- (tasmāt) therefore
- yathā
- as
- cid
- (cit) of awareness
- ākāśas
- (ākāśaḥ) the space
- tathā
- so
- tat
- its
- pratipattayaḥ
- apprehensions
Meaning
The commentary defines feeling (vedanā): the outward-turned movement of awareness. When that movement is wholly stilled, not even this appearing form is seen. How is it stilled? When the ground is known, the objects are seen through, and the knowings of objects remain as what they are, the space of awareness. So the forms appear only while awareness looks outward; and even then, what it apprehends is of its own nature, as a wave is of the nature of the sea. This is not a doctrine to be believed but a turning to be made.