तस्मान्नाऽस्त्येव दृश्योऽर्थः कुतोऽतो द्रष्टृदृश्यधीः । निमिषेणैव जीवस्य मृतिमोहादनन्तरम् ॥ ४४ ॥
tasmānnā’styēva dṛśyō’rthaḥ kutō’tō draṣṭṛdṛśyadhīḥ | nimiṣēṇaiva jīvasya mṛtimōhādanantaram || 44 ||
Translation
So there is no seen object at all; whence then the thought of seer and seen? In a single blink, right after the jīva's swoon of death,
Word by word
- tasmān
- (tasmāt) so
- nāsti
- there is no
- ēva
- at all; single
- dṛśyō
- (dṛśyaḥ) seen
- arthaḥ
- object
- kutō
- (kutaḥ) whence
- atō
- (ataḥ) then
- draṣṭṛ
- of seer
- dṛśya
- and seen
- dhīḥ
- the thought
- nimiṣēṇa
- in a blink
- jīvasya
- of the jīva
- mṛti
- of death
- mōhād
- (mohāt) the swoon
- anantaram
- right after
Meaning
The commentary: so there is no visible thing; how could there be the thought of seer and seen? By ignorance alone, in the blink after the jīva's death, the world appears. The sentence runs to verse 47.