यदर्थप्रतिभानं तन्मन इत्यभिधीयते । अन्यन्न किञ्चिदप्यस्ति मनो नाम कदाचन ॥ ४२ ॥
yadarthapratibhānaṁ tanmana ityabhidhīyatē | anyanna kiñcidapyasti manō nāma kadācana || 42 ||
Translation
The appearing of things: that is what is called mind. There is never anything else at all named mind.
Word by word
- yad
- (yat) what
- artha
- of things
- pratibhānaṁ
- the appearing
- tan
- (tat) that
- mana
- mind
- iti
- is what
- abhidhīyatē
- is called
- anyan
- (anyat) else
- na
- not
- kiñcid
- (kiñcit) anything
- api
- at all
- asti
- there is
- manō
- (manaḥ) mind
- nāma
- named
- kadācana
- never
Meaning
The definition is repeated so that it cannot be missed. The other commentary: whatever appears of formless awareness in the shape of things is called mind, and apart from this the mind is no thing. One looks for the mind behind the thoughts, and finds only the thoughts' appearing.