त्रस्तक्षीबार्द्धनिद्राश्च नौयानाश्च सदैव खे । वेतालवनवृक्षादि पश्यन्त्यनुभवन्ति च ॥ ५१ ॥
trastakṣībārddhanidrāśca nauyānāśca sadaiva khē | vētālavanavṛkṣādi paśyantyanubhavanti ca || 51 ||
Translation
The frightened, the drunk, the half-asleep and those travelling by boat always see in space ghosts, forests, trees and the like, and experience them.
Word by word
- trasta
- the frightened
- kṣība
- the drunk
- arddha
- half
- nidrāḥ
- asleep
- ca
- and
- nau
- by boat
- yānāḥ
- those travelling
- sadā
- always
- ēva
- just
- khē
- in space
- vētāla
- ghosts
- vana
- forests
- vṛkṣa
- trees
- ādi
- and the like
- paśyantya
- (paśyanti) see
- anubhavanti
- experience
Meaning
On a boat the trees on the bank seem to move: the familiar example of seeing what is not there.