अङ्गदत्वं यथा हेम्नि मृगनद्यां यथा जलम् । भित्तिर्यथा स्वप्नपुरे तथा द्रष्टरि दृश्यधीः ॥ ५१ ॥
aṅgadatvaṁ yathā hēmni mṛganadyāṁ yathā jalam | bhittiryathā svapnapurē tathā draṣṭari dṛśyadhīḥ || 51 ||
Translation
As armlet-ness is in gold, as water is in the river of a mirage, as a wall is in a city of dream, so is the thought of the seen in the seer.
Word by word
- aṅgadatvaṁ
- armlet-ness
- yathā
- as
- hēmni
- in gold
- mṛga
- of a mirage
- nadyāṁ
- in the river
- jalam
- water
- bhittir
- (bhittiḥ) a wall
- svapna
- of dream
- purē
- in a city
- tathā
- so
- draṣṭari
- in the seer
- dṛśya
- of the seen
- dhīḥ
- the thought
Meaning
Three more images, of descending reality: the armlet is real gold in a passing shape; the mirage's water is not there at all; the dream wall stops the dreamer and is nothing. The thought of the seen is in the seer as all three.