दृश्यं त्रिभुवनादीदमनुभूतं स्मृतौ स्थितम् । केषाञ्चित्तन्वि केषाञ्चिन्नाऽनुभूतं स्मृतौ स्थितम् ॥ ९ ॥
dṛśyaṁ tribhuvanādīdamanubhūtaṁ smṛtau sthitam | kēṣāñcittanvi kēṣāñcinnā’nubhūtaṁ smṛtau sthitam || 9 ||
Translation
This seen, the three worlds and the rest, stands in the memory of some as lived, slender one; in the memory of others it stands as never lived.
Word by word
- dṛśyaṁ
- seen
- tribhuvana
- the three worlds
- ādi
- and the rest
- idam
- this
- anubhūtaṁ
- as lived
- smṛtau
- in the memory
- sthitam
- stands
- kēṣāñcit
- of some
- tanvi
- slender one
- kēṣāñcin
- (keṣāñcit) of others
- na
- never
Meaning
The commentary: "it is not a rule that only what was lived before appears". For some beings the world shows itself with the feeling of something lived before; for others it shows itself with no such feeling. Both are only ways in which the same seen appears.