वीचित्वं च रसे नाऽस्ति शशशृङ्गवदेव हि । सैव चेत्यमिवाऽऽपन्ना स्वभावादच्युताऽप्यलम् ॥ ४३ ॥
vīcitvaṁ ca rasē nā’sti śaśaśṛṅgavadēva hi | saiva cētyamivā’’pannā svabhāvādacyutā’pyalam || 43 ||
Translation
And waveness is not in the liquid, like a hare's horn; it is that very awareness, come, as it were, to be the knowable, though it never falls from its nature.
Word by word
- vīcitvaṁ
- waveness
- ca
- and
- rasē
- in the liquid
- nāsti
- is not
- śaśa
- a hare’s
- śṛṅga
- horn
- vad
- (vat) like
- ēva
- just
- hi
- indeed
- sā
- that
- cētyam
- the knowable
- iva
- as it were
- āpannā
- come to be
- svabhāvād
- (svabhāvāt) from its nature
- acyutā
- never falls
- api
- though
- alam
- at all
Meaning
The commentary: in the taste-element there is no wave, for the tongue tastes no wave; wave is known only through the eye, by another element; so it is like a hare's horn. So awareness, unmoved from its nature, appears as if with objects.