तदा दृश्यपिशाचोऽयमलमस्तंगतो द्वयोः । असत्त्वादेव चाऽस्माकं शशशृङ्गमिवाऽनघ ॥ ९ ॥
tadā dṛśyapiśācō’yamalamastaṁgatō dvayōḥ | asattvādēva cā’smākaṁ śaśaśṛṅgamivā’nagha || 9 ||
Translation
then this ghost of the seen had wholly set for the two, as it has for us, sinless one, since it is unreal, like the horn of a hare.
Word by word
- tadā
- then
- dṛśya
- of the seen
- piśācō
- (piśācaḥ) ghost
- ayam
- this
- alam
- wholly
- astaṁgatō
- (astaṃgataḥ) had set
- dvayōḥ
- for the two
- asattvād
- (asattvāt) since it is unreal
- ēva
- just
- ca
- and
- asmākaṁ
- for us
- śaśa
- of a hare
- śṛṅgam
- the horn
- iva
- like
- anagha
- sinless one
Meaning
The commentary: as in samādhi the seen of all three times is sublated, so it is sublated at all times by the experience of us who know; this Vasiṣṭha tells Rāma. The world does not need to vanish from view for the knower; as a world apart from awareness it has gone, as the hare's horn, which never was.