अर्धशान्तो न शान्तोऽसौ समेत्यर्थतया पुनः । उदेत्येकपिशाचान्ते पिशाचोऽन्यो ह्यधीमतः ॥ १४ ॥
ardhaśāntō na śāntō’sau samētyarthatayā punaḥ | udētyēkapiśācāntē piśācō’nyō hyadhīmataḥ || 14 ||
Translation
Half quieted is not quieted; it comes back again as a thing. For the unwise, when one ghost is gone, another rises.
Word by word
- ardha
- half
- śāntō
- (śāntaḥ) quieted
- na
- not
- asau
- it
- samētya
- (sameti) comes back
- arthatayā
- as a thing
- punaḥ
- again
- udētya
- (udeti) rises
- ēka
- one
- piśāca
- ghost
- antē
- when gone
- piśācō
- (piśācaḥ) ghost
- anyō
- (anyaḥ) another
- hya
- (hi) indeed
- adhīmataḥ
- for the unwise
Meaning
The commentary takes up an objection: if yoga stills the mind, why is knowledge needed? Because stilling is half quieting. When the stillness of trance breaks, the world appears again, as solid as before; the one who has only suppressed it, without understanding, finds one ghost laid and another standing in its place. Only knowledge removes the ground on which the ghosts appear.