मध्ये यदेतदर्थस्य प्रतिभानं प्रथां गतम् । सतो वाऽप्यसतो वाऽपि तन्मनो विद्धि नेतरत् ॥ ४१ ॥
madhyē yadētadarthasya pratibhānaṁ prathāṁ gatam | satō vā’pyasatō vā’pi tanmanō viddhi nētarat || 41 ||
Translation
Whatever appearing of a thing has come to be known in between, whether of what is or of what is not, know that to be mind, and nothing else.
Word by word
- madhyē
- in between
- yad
- (yat) whatever
- ētad
- (etat) this
- arthasya
- of a thing
- pratibhānaṁ
- appearing
- prathāṁ
- to be known
- gatam
- has come
- satō
- (sataḥ) of what is
- vā
- or
- api
- whether
- asatō
- (asataḥ) of what is not
- tan
- (tat) that
- manō
- (manaḥ) mind
- viddhi
- know
- na
- nothing
- itarat
- else
Meaning
Though in the highest truth there is no mind, the commentary says, a form is now given to it for the purposes of teaching. In between: between the seer and the thing, or, in the other commentary, in the understanding of all people. Of what is or is not: of a thing present before the eyes, or absent, as in memory. Whatever shows itself to awareness as a thing, that showing is mind. The commentary sums it up: the superimposition of the forms of things on formless awareness is mind.