अविद्या संसृतिश्चित्तं मनो बन्धो मलस्तमः । इति पर्यायनामानि दृश्यस्य विदुरुत्तमाः ॥ ४७ ॥
avidyā saṁsṛtiścittaṁ manō bandhō malastamaḥ | iti paryāyanāmāni dṛśyasya viduruttamāḥ || 47 ||
Translation
Ignorance, the round of birth, thought, mind, bondage, stain, darkness: so the best know these as names for one thing, the seen.
Word by word
- avidyā
- ignorance
- saṁsṛtiś
- (saṁsṛtiḥ) the round of birth
- cittaṁ
- thought
- manō
- (manaḥ) mind
- bandhō
- (bandhaḥ) bondage
- malas
- (malaḥ) stain
- tamaḥ
- darkness
- iti
- so
- paryāya
- for one thing
- nāmāni
- names
- dṛśyasya
- of the seen
- vidur
- (viduḥ) know
- uttamāḥ
- the best
Meaning
A list worth keeping. Seven words that seem to name seven problems name one: the seen, the world appearing as something over against awareness. To be in ignorance, to wander in saṁsāra, to be bound, to be stained, to be in the dark, and to have a mind are the same condition.