यथा मरौ जलं बुद्धं कटकत्वं च हेमनि । असत् सदिव भातीदं तथा दृश्यत्वमात्मनि ॥ १५ ॥
yathā marau jalaṁ buddhaṁ kaṭakatvaṁ ca hēmani | asat sadiva bhātīdaṁ tathā dṛśyatvamātmani || 15 ||
Translation
As water is understood in a desert and bracelet-ness in gold, so this, unreal, shines as if real: being seen, in the Self.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- marau
- in a desert
- jalaṁ
- water
- buddhaṁ
- is understood
- kaṭakatvaṁ
- bracelet-ness
- ca
- and
- hēmani
- in gold
- asat
- unreal
- sad
- (sat) real
- iva
- as if
- bhāti
- shines
- idaṁ
- this
- tathā
- so
- dṛśyatvam
- being seen
- ātmani
- in the Self
Meaning
Two familiar examples: the mirage's water and the gold's bracelet. Each is seen; neither is there apart from what it is seen in.