प्रथनं ग्रहणं सिद्धिः प्रत्ययानामिहान्यतः । आपरोक्ष्यात्तदेवोक्तमनुमानं प्रदीपवत् ॥
prathanaṃ grahaṇaṃ siddhiḥ pratyayānāmihānyataḥ | āparokṣyāttadevoktamanumānaṃ pradīpavat ||
The appearing, the grasping and the establishing of notions here come from something other [than them]. Because [that other] is immediately present, it is just this that was stated as the inference 'like a lamp'.
वृत्तियों का प्रकट होना, ग्रहण होना और सिद्ध होना यहाँ किसी अन्य से होता है। क्योंकि [वह अन्य] अपरोक्ष है, इसी को 'दीपक की तरह' वाले अनुमान में कहा गया था।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
A thought cannot know itself, any more than a pot lights itself; it needs a light. That light is your own awareness, always present and never itself an object.
कोई विचार स्वयं को नहीं जान सकता, जैसे घड़ा स्वयं को प्रकाशित नहीं करता; उसे प्रकाश चाहिए। वह प्रकाश आपकी अपनी चेतना है, सदा उपस्थित और स्वयं कभी विषय नहीं।
Shankaracharya restates that notions do not light themselves: their appearing, being grasped and being established come from something else, the immediately present Self, as already argued with the lamp example.