एवं द्रष्टरि दृश्यत्वमनन्यदिव यत्स्थितम् । तदप्युन्मार्जयाम्याशु त्वच्चित्तादर्शतो मलम् ॥ ५२ ॥
ēvaṁ draṣṭari dṛśyatvamananyadiva yatsthitam | tadapyunmārjayāmyāśu tvaccittādarśatō malam || 52 ||
Translation
This being seen, which stands in the seer as if not other than him, I shall swiftly wipe away from the mirror of your mind, as a stain.
Word by word
- ēvaṁ
- this
- draṣṭari
- in the seer
- dṛśyatvam
- being seen
- ananyad
- (ananyat) not other
- iva
- as if
- yat
- which
- sthitam
- stands
- tad
- (tat) it
- api
- even
- unmārjayāmi
- I shall wipe away
- āśu
- swiftly
- tvac
- (tvat) your
- citta
- of mind
- ādarśatō
- (ādarśataḥ) from the mirror
- malam
- as a stain
Meaning
As if not other: the seen seems to be part of the seer, so close it is. Vasiṣṭha promises to clean it off like dust from a mirror. The mirror is not harmed by the cleaning; it is restored.