अन्येवाऽप्यतिरिक्तेव सैवाऽसेव च भङ्गुरा । पयसीव तरङ्गाली यस्मात् स्फुरति दृश्यभूः ॥ ७२ ॥
anyēvā’pyatiriktēva saivā’sēva ca bhaṅgurā | payasīva taraṅgālī yasmāt sphurati dṛśyabhūḥ || 72 ||
Translation
From whom the ground of the seen shines forth, as if other, as if apart, as if itself, as if not itself, and fleeting, like a row of waves on water.
Word by word
- anyā
- other
- iva
- as if
- api
- and
- atiriktā
- apart
- sā
- itself
- ēva
- indeed
- asā
- not itself
- ca
- and
- bhaṅgurā
- fleeting
- payasi
- on water
- taraṅga
- of waves
- ālī
- a row
- yasmāt
- from whom
- sphurati
- shines forth
- dṛśya
- of the seen
- bhūḥ
- the ground
Meaning
The commentary: as a row of waves that perish in a moment flashes on water, so from him the perishing sequence of the seen flashes forth: not other, yet as if other; not apart, yet as if apart; already there, yet as if newly arisen. Every "as if" (iva) is a reminder that it only seems.