प्रकाशस्य यथाऽऽलोको यथा वातस्य चापलम् । यथा द्रवत्वं पयसि दृश्यत्वं द्रष्टरीदृशम् ॥ ५० ॥
prakāśasya yathā’’lōkō yathā vātasya cāpalam | yathā dravatvaṁ payasi dṛśyatvaṁ draṣṭarīdṛśam || 50 ||
Translation
As light belongs to what shines, as restlessness belongs to the wind, as fluidity to water, so is the being seen of the seen in the seer.
Word by word
- prakāśasya
- to what shines
- yathā
- as
- ālōkō
- (ālokaḥ) light
- vātasya
- to the wind
- cāpalam
- restlessness belongs
- dravatvaṁ
- fluidity
- payasi
- to water
- dṛśyatvaṁ
- the being seen
- draṣṭari
- in the seer
- īdṛśam
- so is
Meaning
The seen is in the seer as a quality is in its bearer. The commentary: as light is the nature of the luminous, restlessness of the wind and fluidity of water, so seenness is in the seer. Seenness: the world's being an object, which exists only for a subject.