उदेष्यन्ती च सैवाऽत्र केनचिन्नोपलक्ष्यते । केवलं तु जनैर्देहो म्रियमाणोऽवलोक्यते ॥ १८ ॥
udēṣyantī ca saivā’tra kēnacinnōpalakṣyatē | kēvalaṁ tu janairdēhō mriyamāṇō’valōkyatē || 18 ||
Translation
And when it is about to rise here, no one notices it; people see only a body dying.
Word by word
- udēṣyantī
- when it is about to rise
- ca
- and
- sā
- it
- ēva
- just
- atra
- here
- kēnacin
- (kenacit) by anyone
- na
- not
- upalakṣyatē
- is noticed
- kēvalaṁ
- only
- tu
- but
- janair
- (janaiḥ) by people
- dēhō
- (dehaḥ) a body
- mriyamāṇō
- (mriyamāṇaḥ) dying
- avalōkyatē
- is seen
Meaning
Another commentary: whenever that subtle state rises, no one sees it; people see only the dying body. What is seen from outside is a death; what happens is that the gross way of holding the body ends.