इदमादावनुत्पन्नं सर्गादौ तेन नाऽस्त्यलम् । इदं हि मनसो भाति स्वप्नादौ पत्तनं यथा ॥ ७६ ॥
idamādāvanutpannaṁ sargādau tēna nā’styalam | idaṁ hi manasō bhāti svapnādau pattanaṁ yathā || 76 ||
Translation
This was not born at the beginning of creation, and so it does not exist at all; it appears from the mind, as a city does in dreams.
Word by word
- idam
- this
- ādau
- at the beginning; and the like
- anutpannaṁ
- was not born
- sarga
- of creation
- tēna
- so
- na
- not
- asti
- does exist
- alam
- at all
- idaṁ
- it
- hi
- indeed
- manasō
- (manasaḥ) from the mind
- bhāti
- appears
- svapna
- in dreams
- pattanaṁ
- a city
- yathā
- as
Meaning
The first step of the demonstration. What was never born cannot now exist; what appears without being born is an appearance of the mind, like a dream city.