यदनालोकनाद् भ्रान्तिसंसारोरगभीतयः । यस्मिन् दृष्टे पलायन्ते सर्वाशाः सर्वभीतयः ॥ ६७ ॥
yadanālōkanād bhrāntisaṁsārōragabhītayaḥ | yasmin dṛṣṭē palāyantē sarvāśāḥ sarvabhītayaḥ || 67 ||
Translation
From not seeing whom come the delusion of saṁsāra and the fear of the snake; at seeing whom all desires and all fears flee away.
Word by word
- yad
- whom
- anālōkanād
- from not seeing
- bhrānti
- the delusion
- saṁsāra
- of saṁsāra
- uraga
- of the snake
- yasmin
- whom
- dṛṣṭē
- at seeing
- palāyantē
- flee away
- sarva
- all
- āśāḥ
- desires
- bhītayaḥ
- fears
Meaning
The old image of the rope seen as a snake. Not seeing the rope, one fears the snake; seeing it, the fear is gone, because the snake was never there. The commentary: by not seeing him come the fears of the snake of saṁsāra, born of delusion; when he is seen, all the fears of becoming run off in every direction. "All desires": āśā means both hope and the quarters of space; both flee.