हस्तपादादिमान् देहो ममाऽयमिति पश्यति । यदेव चेतति वपुस्तदेवेदं स पश्यति ॥ ३३ ॥
hastapādādimān dēhō mamā’yamiti paśyati | yadēva cētati vapustadēvēdaṁ sa paśyati || 33 ||
- Another reading: चेतसि (cētasi) for चेतति
Translation
It sees "this body with hands, feet and the rest is mine"; whatever body it knows, that very one it sees.
Word by word
- hasta
- hands
- pāda
- feet
- ādimān
- with and the rest
- dēhō
- (dehaḥ) body
- mama
- mine
- ayam
- this
- iti
- thus
- paśyati
- sees
- yad
- (yat) whatever
- ēva
- just
- cētati
- it knows
- vapus
- (vapuḥ) body
- tad
- (tat) that
- idaṁ
- this
- sa
- (saḥ) it
Meaning
The commentary: it sees "this body with hands and feet is mine"; as the body is remembered through impressions, so it is experienced. What the mind holds, the eye then finds.