न बाह्ये नाऽपि हृदये सद्रूपं विद्यते मनः । सर्वत्रैव स्थितं चैतद्विद्धि राम यथा नभः ॥ ३९ ॥
na bāhyē nā’pi hṛdayē sadrūpaṁ vidyatē manaḥ | sarvatraiva sthitaṁ caitadviddhi rāma yathā nabhaḥ || 39 ||
Translation
The mind does not exist as something real, neither outside nor in the heart; know, Rāma, that it is present everywhere, as space is.
Word by word
- na
- neither; nor
- bāhyē
- outside
- api
- also
- hṛdayē
- in the heart
- sad
- (sat) real
- rūpaṁ
- as something
- vidyatē
- does exist
- manaḥ
- the mind
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- ēva
- indeed
- sthitaṁ
- present
- ca
- and
- ētad
- (etat) it
- viddhi
- know
- rāma
- Rāma
- yathā
- as
- nabhaḥ
- space
Meaning
Not outside, as an object; not inside, as an organ. Yet it is everywhere, as space is, because wherever anything appears, there mind is. The other commentary: it has no real form within or without, yet it pervades all like space.